Sentences with phrase «increased electrical activity in the brain»

When a patient with epilepsy experiences increased electrical activity in the brain, or seizures, this could be associated with an increase in a range of behaviors, such as hyper - sexuality, hypergraphia (an intense desire to write), hyper - morality and hyper - religiosity, explained Brick Johnstone, professor of health psychology at Missouri University and lead researcher on the study.

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Testing showed a significant increase in light - induced electrical activity from the eyes to the brain, indicating the rods and cones were operating as they should in the visual cycle.

This time, they found that young men and young women responded differently, with males showing a greater increase in electrical activity in the brain in response to a TMS pulse.

By testing cycling time to task failure (TTF) in a group of 12 active participants in a placebo controlled study, Dr Mauger discovered that stimulating the brain by passing a mild electrical current (transcranial direct current stimulation or tDCS) over the scalp to stimulate it increased the activity of the area associated with muscle contraction.

The research shows that near - misses are underpinned by increases in the brain's electrical activity, particularly in the theta frequency range — known to be involved in processing win and loss outcomes.

The increasing popularity of neurofeedback is based on the growing evidence that a wide variety of psychological disorders can be understood as firing mistakes in the brain's electrical activity.