Sentences with phrase «in particular areas of the brain»

There are some activities such as the movement of the fingers that appear to be represented in particular areas of the brain.

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There are recent studies that say people who read a substantial amount are more able to empathize with others, and also that the brain is engaged in several different areas by particular words, such as areas related to the senses of taste, touch, or smell especially.

Other research shows that ADHD children with a particular gene variation have thinner tissue in the area of the brain that's associated with attention.

In particular, the study, published Jan. 6 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, revealed differences in the white matter of patients» brains and in the cerebellum, an area of the brain not previously linked with the disordeIn particular, the study, published Jan. 6 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, revealed differences in the white matter of patients» brains and in the cerebellum, an area of the brain not previously linked with the disordein the journal Molecular Psychiatry, revealed differences in the white matter of patients» brains and in the cerebellum, an area of the brain not previously linked with the disordein the white matter of patients» brains and in the cerebellum, an area of the brain not previously linked with the disordein the cerebellum, an area of the brain not previously linked with the disorder.

«Each area of the brain is different with distinct cell types and connectivity, so if we can confirm that one area of circuitry is more involved in a particular symptom than another, we may eventually be able to treat a depression patient more efficiently than treating everyone the same way.»

While a clinician may find it difficult to parse whether a patient's stilted conversational manner is rooted in a lack of emotional connection or problems forming words, a brain scan in Belger's study made it clear, for example, that particular symptoms were more closely associated with disruption in the brain's emotional processing areas, whereas other symptoms were more closely associated with regions responsible for language and motor control.

Kandel: It's a pedantic point and that is the biology of the mind suggests that there is a limited set of functions that's localized at a particular point in the brain; while mind refers to the whole family of mental processes, every thought that you have, every feeling that you express, every dream that you aspire to, and it works on the assumption that these are going to be localized in a variety of each one of these functions, it's going to be localized in a variety of different areas in the brain.

Check out the brain of a chronic alcoholic and you'll often find a particular region badly disintegrated; autopsy someone who was exposed to lots of organic toxins and you'll see damage in another brain area.

NIH - funded scientists have discovered that Parkinson's disease increases the amount of «free» water in a particular brain area.

In my May 2006 column, I described how parts of the brain's cerebral cortex are specialized for particular sensory systems, such as vision, and how there are also overlapping regions between these parts, known as cross-modal areas.

In particular, theta activity increased at the junction of three brain areas: the parietal region, just behind the crown of the head, which perceives sensory information and integrates it into the mysterious state called consciousness; the temporal lobe, behind the temples and responsible for making sense of sound; and the occipital lobe, located at the bottom back of the brain and responsible for processing vision.

The researchers also measured the activity of participants» brains with a tool called near - infrared spectroscopy, which measures changes in blood flow to particular areas of the brain.

Color indicates the likelihood of a particular neuronal type appearing in that area of the brain (white is most likely and black is least).

In order for early intervention of addiction to be possible, the study has deemed it essential to identify the biomarkers which may make a person more vulnerable to drug addiction, due to these particular areas of the brain affecting decision making and impulsivity.

In particular, brain areas involved in processing emotions and sensations such as pain were calmed, says Tillisch, coauthor of the study, published in 2013 in GastroenterologIn particular, brain areas involved in processing emotions and sensations such as pain were calmed, says Tillisch, coauthor of the study, published in 2013 in Gastroenterologin processing emotions and sensations such as pain were calmed, says Tillisch, coauthor of the study, published in 2013 in Gastroenterologin 2013 in Gastroenterologin Gastroenterology.

In the brain, particular areas of the motor cortex develop links to different parts of the body.

In particular, obesity has been linked with dysfunction of the hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in memory and learning, and of the frontal lobe, the part of the brain involved in decision making, problem solving and emotions, suggesting that it might also affect memory; however, evidence for memory impairment in obesity is currently limiteIn particular, obesity has been linked with dysfunction of the hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in memory and learning, and of the frontal lobe, the part of the brain involved in decision making, problem solving and emotions, suggesting that it might also affect memory; however, evidence for memory impairment in obesity is currently limitein memory and learning, and of the frontal lobe, the part of the brain involved in decision making, problem solving and emotions, suggesting that it might also affect memory; however, evidence for memory impairment in obesity is currently limitein decision making, problem solving and emotions, suggesting that it might also affect memory; however, evidence for memory impairment in obesity is currently limitein obesity is currently limited.

Raichle, a pioneer in the use of brain imaging, and his colleagues have observed that in brains at «rest» — when you are not thinking of anything in particular or even when you are asleep — dispersed areas are still buzzing with communication.

Despite being objective losses, near - misses activate a particular reward - related area in the middle of our brain: the striatum.

Neuroscientists know that a particular brain structure, the ventral tegmental area, or VTA, is the origin of numerous dopamine - secreting nerve fibers that run in discrete tracts to many different parts of the brain.

Similarly, Neanderthal variants impacting development of a particular suspect brain area may help to inform cognitive disability seen in certain brain disorders, say the researchers.

Pathological changes in the cerebral cortex referred to as «focal cortical dysplasias» are present in approximately 25 percent of epilepsies limited to particular brain areas.

Analysis focused on 22 regions of interest where brain activation increased during the task, with particular attention to those regions» interactions with an area previously shown to play a role in identifying speech sounds.

The engrams, or memory traces, of this particular experience are known to be located in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, a key brain area for memory processing.

Although non-invasive methods to explore brain function in humans such as functional imaging and EEG / MEG have been informative regarding the potential role of a given brain area in a particular cognitive function, they lack the necessary temporal and spatial resolution to study brain microcircuits.

What is amazing is that the presence of T. gondii cysts in particular areas of the mouse brain drastically alters their behaviour.

Also around that time, French scientists Marc Dax and Paul Broca independently discovered the speech production center of the brain when autopsies of speech - impaired patients revealed lesions in a particular brain region, later named the Broca's area.

However, it is plausible that some parts of the brain, in particular multi-modal areas, may be associated with multiple modules at once.

A new study coming from Uppsala University, Sweden, demonstrates that a particular brain area that leads to a person's desire for food is far more stimulated in response to images of food after a night without sleep than after a good night sleep.

However, not much is known with regards to how or if poor sleep is affecting a particular brain area called the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (DACC), which is involved in the regulation of negative emotional responses.

McCandliss and Niogi showed that the stronger the white matter tract in a particular mid-left area of the brain — the thicker its electrical insulation and the more well organized its fibers — the higher the reading scores of children they tested.

While functional neuroimaging studies illustrate the areas of the brain active when completing particular tasks, it is not always true that different brain functioning results in different behaviour.

This made a lot of sense: There's significant evidence in cognitive science and brain science that suggests that, when particular areas of the brain are primed, people perform tasks a little bit better for a short time.

Brain drain is of particular concern in many Rust Belt cities and communities where manufacturing plants have cut back production or shut down entirely, causing the areas» ambitious youth to flee for greener pastures.

Reilly's treats also come in a variety of different formulas, each one specifically designed to focus on a particular area of support, from brain support to anxiety reduction and more.

When stimulated, those receptors relay signals via the 8th cranial nerve to particular areas of the brain - in particular, to an area called the «chemoreceptor trigger zone,» or CRTZ.

Bishop's approach is to develop an injection to destroy particular cells in the hypothalamus, an area in the brain about the size of a pearl that controls reproduction in mammals.

Some of the later levels in each of the four areas include some real brain busters that will task your ability as a player to plot out several moves ahead, with the boss levels in particular being especially challenging.

There were areas in that game where I died far more times than I'm comfortable admitting, but I almost always reached a point where something just clicked in my brain and that particular segment would all of a sudden become a simple matter of timing.

The received notion, as I understand it, is that molecules of a particular oderant have a unique shape that will latch on to some of the five or six million receptors in our olfactory area and thus trigger signals that cause the brain to register a particular smell.

Without getting too technical, according to researchers, «neurons in one area of the brain change their behavior as soon as someone associates a particular person with a specific place».

However, the folks who don't like what you, the aforementioned and I say seem to simply be venting from the perspective of conditioned thinking, assuming that we are their particular enemies, when in fact we are trying to engage the slumbering areas of their brains into actually waking up to the reality of how the bureaucrats are insidiously creating an entrenched Oligarchy of «We know what is best for you all» controllers who have very little respect for their dues payers.