Sentences with phrase «in the brain when»

Lots of studies have worked toward figuring out what exactly goes on in our brains when we're participating in social media — specifically, Facebook.

Quoting the work of a Washington, D.C., neurologist, Sieberg writes, «We often get a hit of dopamine in our brain when people reach out to us through digital means.

Maybe we're not calling it phone addiction yet, but there's now a ton of research about how we receive a small amount of dopamine in the brain when we browse the web or receive an email.

The researchers found that a positive «social evaluation» occurs in the brain when handshakes are present.

Our natural inclinations seem to be connected to the individual sensitivity of our amygdalae, the part of the brain that functions as the «emotional switchboard,» and to how actively we each respond to dopamine — a «reward chemical» released in the brain when it anticipates attaining something pleasurable, like sex or chocolate cheesecake.

Scripture says that Joshua made the sun stand still, which harmonizes just fine with the Christian tradition that God can intervene in nature to suit his purposes, but which triggers all kinds of red alarms in my brain when I try to sort it out scientifically.

When the 5 - year - old asks you to tell her about what love is you can crack open an anatomy book and explain about the biochemical hormonal changes that happen in the brain when you fall in love (fact).

This woman seems to think that this phenomena of chemical reactions in the brain when love and se - xual desire occur is God.

It is a natural process in the brain when one sleeps.

Thank God that beautiful image with gooey cheese was still stuck in my brain when I was at the grocery store so I didn't forget it!!

What happens in the brain when a child securely attaches to their caregiver?

Positive discipline educator Kelly Bartlett explains what happens in the brain when we «lose it» in this API article.

The fact that cortisol is released in the brain when an animal is subjected to chronic stress does not translate to the same being true of minor stress.

And it also happens to be the same chemical released in the brain when a person falls in love, says Laura Viehmann, assistant professor of pediatrics at Brown University and spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatricians.

Amazing things happen in our brains when we sleep, and even more astounding things happen in our baby's brains.

So what happens in your brain when you are mom - shamed — and what can you do to deal with its effects?

SEJAL FICHADIA: So you know, dad also have the exact thing neuro factors as the mom does in their brains when they do skin - to - skin contact and Kangaroo Care for their babies and it is just that the hormones that they have in your transmitters, they are in different concentration but they have a hormone called Rezo Preston that I know decreases their blood pressure, so it's really good for the dad health too.

HGH is critical for growth, but it can only be produced in the brain when you're sleeping.

As postdoctoral students at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University in the 1960s, they set out to solve a long - standing mystery: What happens in the brain when we see objects and shapes?

But there is a huge added benefit: The seizure patients who volunteer for Schalk's experiments prior to surgery have allowed him and his collaborator, neurosurgeon Eric C. Leuthardt of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, to collect what they claim are among the most detailed pictures ever recorded of what happens in the brain when we imagine speaking words aloud.

The researchers studied mice engineered to develop plaques in their brains when the animals are about 10 weeks old.

The research, published today in Nature Neuroscience, examined the changes that take place in the brain when learning a new task.

The technology, part of an 18 - month, $ 2.4 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) undertaking, relies on electroencephalography (EEG) to detect the cascade of neural firing patterns in your brain when you spot something novel or interesting, even if you're unaware of it.

The neurotransmitter acetylcholine is released by nerve cells in the brain when people or mice are under mild stress or concentrating on learning something new.

Admittedly, our understanding of what goes on in a brain when it makes a choice is very hazy, as became apparent at an Ernst Strüngmann Forum on decision - making in Frankfurt earlier this year.

What is going on in the brain when judging the uncertainty of a situation and translating it to stress?

ELECTRICAL shocks that simulate the patterns seen in the brain when you are learning have enhanced human memory for the first time, boosting performance on tests by up to 30 per cent.

What is going on in the brain when we experience dj vu?

Neuroscientists like Greene and Cushman are bringing a whole new perspective to the debate by revealing the underlying biology at work in the brain when it grapples with ethical decisions.

ALTHOUGH SCIENTISTS HAVE not pinpointed exactly what goes on in the brain when a person experiences dj vu, they can make good guesses based on models of memory.

New research from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas published online today in Brain and Cognition illustrates how fear arises in the brain when individuals are exposed to threatening images.

«I think you have to accept that there's a structural change in your brain when you take drugs like Prozac.»

The «blood - brain barrier» is also at the centre of a potential puzzle raised by research such as today's research: how can the immune system have an effect in the brain when many inflammatory markers and antibodies can not penetrate this barrier?

They want to use brain imaging to see if pain areas are activated in the brain when ears are exposed to loud noises.

Ever wonder what happens in your brain when you decipher the punch line of a joke?

To master mind - wandering, you first need to understand what's happening in the brain when you try to pay attention.

Subsequent research has examined what is happening in the brain when hoarders try to make decisions about discarding possessions.

Weeks later in another research lab, I will be scanned for brain function: what goes on in my brain when I experience fear or religious faith or when I make decisions.

The research led by Ortiz Catalan not only creates new opportunities for clinical treatment, but it also contributes to our understanding of what happens in the brain when phantom pain occurs.

For the first time, a 3D «movie» has shown what happens in the brain when a person loses consciousness.

Psychedelic drugs do precisely this and so are powerful tools for exploring what happens in the brain when consciousness is profoundly altered.

However, we can now use advanced computer simulations to challenge the existing paradigm and put forward a different theory about what actually takes place in the brain when the dopamine cells gradually die,» explains Jakob Kisbye Dreyer, Postdoc at the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen.

What is going on in our brains when we deceive ourselves?

S100B is released into the blood stream by astrocytes in the brain when brain injury occurs.

He and his colleagues have investigated what happens in our brains when we are occupied by a visual task.

What happens in your brain when it suddenly dawns on you that the killer in the movie is actually the unsuspected wife?

«The task gives us the ability to see what is going on in the brain when there is a correct memory performance,» Smith explains.

Specialized nerve cells, known as somatostatin - expressing (Sst) interneurons, in the outer part of the mammalian brain (or cerebral cortex)-- play a key role in controlling how information flows in the brain when it is awake and alert.

A new study published this month in Science, from neuroscientist Susumu Tonegawa and a group of colleagues at the RIKEN — MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics, provides insight into what happens in the brain when a long - term memory is formed, highlighting the critical role of the forward part of the cortex.

Although this study did not measure it directly, these interactions were likely related to release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that is released in the brain when we expect rewards.