Sentences with phrase «in brain regions»

«Participation in Mindfulness - Based Stress Reduction is associated with changes in gray matter concentration in brain regions involved in learning and memory processes, emotion regulation, self - referential processing and perspective taking.»

Preoccupied attachment is characterized by a «hyperactive» attachment system [17; 39], that is oversensitive to signs of potential rejection, and shows stronger neural activation to rejection in brain regions implicated in processing social rejection (i.e., dACC, anterior insula; [40]; ACC, [36]; amygdala, [38]-RRB-, more intense behavioral responses to rejection [34], greater negative emotions and lower self - esteem [41].

Taken together, these findings suggest that people who are more sensitive to rejection or who have lower levels of (perceived) social support display higher levels of activity in brain regions involved in processing the distress caused by social exclusion.

However, animal models have shown causal links between social deprivation early in life and reduced performance on EF tasks along with abnormalities in brain regions supporting EF.

Since MBSR's inception, studies of this eight - week training program have shown a raft of positive effects: significant increases in participants» attention and emotion regulation, activity in brain regions associated with positive emotions, quality of life, and reductions in stress, anxiety, and depression.

The results showed that fathers who were given oxytocin — but not vasopressin — had increased activity in brain regions involved in reward, empathy and attention, but only when shown a photo of their own child and not in any of the other scenarios of the experiment.

Because of the associated sensitivity to potential rejection and a strong desire for closeness, anxious attachment, rather than secure attachment, should trigger stronger neural activation in response to negative emotional faces in the brain regions implicated in processing social rejection (i.e., dorsal ACC, anterior insula, Gillath et al., 2005) and regions implicated in threat detection (i.e., amygdala, Vrtička et al., 2008) when primed with neutral schema.

Research by Antoine Lutz and APS William James Fellow Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin - Madison found that, during meditation, participants display enhanced emotional processing in brain regions linked to empathy in response to emotion - evoking cries.

Research on Dissociation suggests a link between dissociative symptoms and lowered activity in brain regions associated with emotional processing and memory (amygdala, hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus, and middle / superior temporal gyrus), attention and awareness (insula), filtering sensations (thalamus), processing of information about self (precuneus), and cognitive control (lateral prefrontal cortices).

A further study on the semi-precocious rodent Octodon degus [132] showed that short, repeated separations in the first three weeks of life resulted in significant alterations of density of neurons releasing corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) in brain regions involved in emotion regulation.

We hypothesised that functional variations in the DRD4 gene expressed preferentially in brain regions of the reward circuit might modulate sensitivity to maternal stimuli, which in turn might result in infants» differential sensitivity to aspects of care - giving behaviour.

In her February 2014 Psychology Today article, «Gray Matters: Too Much Screen Time Damages the Brain,» Victoria L. Dunckley, M.D., references various neuroimaging studies that show «internet addiction is associated with structural and functional changes in brain regions involving emotional processing, executive attention, decision making, and cognitive control.»

Abnormal proteins, called «amyloid» build up and inhibit brain cell function, particularly in brain regions involved with complex thought and memory.

These results suggest that a partial remediation of language - processing deficits, resulting in improved reading, ameliorates disrupted function in brain regions associated with phonological processing and produces additional compensatory activation in other brain regions.

We found that breakfast skipping led to increased neural activation in brain regions controlling food motivation and food reward (i.e., hippocampus, amygdala, anterior cingulate, and parahippocampus) prior to lunch; however, the addition of a protein - rich breakfast led to reduced activation in these regions.

Flavonoids that penetrate and accumulate in the brain regions are involved in learning and memory, especially the hippocampus.

Bottom Line: Supplementing with IPE suppressed brain activity in brain regions involved with food reward processing.

The researchers measured brain activity — the blood oxygen level — dependent (BOLD) signal — in brain regions that have previously been associated with food reward processing.

The main study results were that the 2 substances combined improve cognitive performance in terms of working memory and sustained attention by increasing brain activity efficiency in the brain regions responsible for these 2 functions.

The increased brain activity in the highly fit older people was seen in brain regions that show typical age - related decline, which suggests that fitness can contribute to maintenance of the brain.

Poetry has also been shown to be beneficial for stimulating neuronal pathways as complex poetry can influence networks in the brain regions that affect emotion and memory.

This is the first study, to our knowledge, demonstrating functional deficits in FraX subjects in brain regions known to have the highest FMR1 transcription.

Various biological factors at baseline appear to predict response to rTMS, including levels of certain molecular factors, blood flow in brain regions implicated in depression, electrophysiological findings, and specific genetic polymorphisms.

[D] Some attenuated Type I - infected animals have detectable parasite in brain regions early during acute infection, decreasing to undetectable levels (average of uninfected indicated by black dashed line).

Chronic curcumin treatment of both 6 and 24 months old rats resulted in significant decreases in lipid peroxide and the lipofuscin contents in brain regions

In mice, the anti-angiogenic mTOR inhibitor everolimus did not alter cognitive functions but led to weight loss and modification of cell metabolism in brain regions involved in sleep / wake cycle or food intake, likely connected to fatigue.

On the other hand, scarce or no significant signals were detected in these brain regions in IAA - exposed workers (C, F, I, and L).

Abnormalities in brain regions involved in forming insight may help explain why some people with anorexia nervosa have trouble recognizing their dangerous, dysfunctional eating habits.

In a study of structural brain connectivity led by the University of Illinois at Chicago and UCLA, those participants with anorexia nervosa who scored lowest on a test measuring their ability to form insight had more connective abnormalities than other patients in brain regions linked to error detection and conflict monitoring as well as self - reflection.

When the researchers recalibrated the display screen, though, they could see tiny blobs of neural action in brain regions specialized for speech.

Results showed that participants with PTSD, especially women, had more CB1 receptors in brain regions associated with fear and anxiety than volunteers without PTSD.

The resulting brain scans revealed that the participants who received the drug exhibited reduced neural responses to social rejection in brain regions associated with interpreting emotional and physical pain.

«But exercise incorporating cognitive components also stimulates changes in brain regions related to cognition.

lactis: Healthy women who consumed yogurt containing these bugs showed less activity in brain regions that process emotions and physical sensations.

Dr Lawrence, of Psychology, said: «Our findings show for the first time that gamblers have an exaggerated theta response to almost winning in brain regions related to reward processing, which could contribute to them continuing to gamble despite their losses.

To the researchers» surprise, the mice subjected to both prenatal infection and stress during puberty showed far greater behavioral deficits and cellular changes in brain regions relevant to schizophrenia than those that had been exposed to infection or stress alone.

It emerged that theta activity increased in response to near - misses relative to other losses in brain regions such as insula and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), which was linked to gambling severity.

«We can, however, conclude that brain responses to near - misses resemble those to actual wins; that brain responses to near - misses are associated with increased theta activity in gamblers and that gamblers» level of reported gambling severity and susceptibility to thoughts about gambling predicted activity in brain regions are responsible for the near - miss effect.»

The researchers did find that the older people had more activity in brain regions responsible for attentiveness, such as the posterior cingulate cortex.

A 50 - minute phone call boosts metabolism in the brain regions closest to the antenna, including areas involved in language, decision making, and emotional processing.

«I bet people exhibiting greater activity in brain regions encoding food reward will be at increased risk for obesity!»

When neuroscientists scanned the brains of obese individuals viewing images of desirable food, they found greater activity in brain regions rich in dopamine receptors.

We tested a prediction that detection of distal threat would elicit activity in brain regions associated with value - based and complex decision making, such as the anterior cingulate and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), whereas proximal threat would engage low - level midbrain regions implicated in reflexive escape behavior (i.e., PAG).

We may owe some of our unique intelligence to a generous supply of a signalling chemical called dopamine in brain regions that help us think and plan.

The combination of tumor growth and chemotherapy led to shrinkage in brain regions that are important for learning and memory.

ASD individuals also had reduced alpha waves in brain regions associated with senses and gross motor movement, which might explain why they could not mimic instructed tasks.

Differences in those brain regions make sense, Black said, because many people with Tourette's explain that their tics occur mainly as a response to unusual sensations.

«In this study, we found changes primarily in brain regions connected to sensation and sensory processing, «said co-principal investigator Kevin J. Black, MD, a professor of psychiatry.

We see a difference in brain regions for emotional versus neutral scenes.

They found that people who reported seeking high levels of stimulation or excitement had reduced cortical thickness, or gray matter, in brain regions associated with decision making and self - control.