Sentences with phrase «increases electrical activity»

So instead of winding down and preparing your body for sleep, your brain increases electrical activity and keeps you wired.

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.

When certain actions within the game triggered increased electrical activity, the subjects were encouraged to repeat those tasks by earning monetary rewards.

In a series of electrophysiological studies, Zoghbi's team further found that neurons from animals with depleted MECP2 levels have reduced electrical activity due to a smaller number of excitatory synapses, whereas cells from animals carrying an extra copy of the gene have increased electrical activity because of an increase in synapse number.

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It is contemplated that a user that may be nervous or engaging in speaking falsehoods may exhibit different galvanic skin response» — a change in the electrical resistance of the skin that is a physiochemical response to increased sympathetic nervous system activity — «than a more confident, truth telling individual.»

In 2004, the indoor pool facility underwent a $ 5 million expansion which included the addition of an activity pool, family changing rooms, upgraded HVAC, electrical and filtration systems, expanded locker rooms and increased ADA accessibility with the addition of an elevator.

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.

As Ray imagined moving the mouse, there was an increase in electrical activity among the neurons that would have controlled that action if his hand could move.

«This increases the magnitude of the stimulation required to excite neurons, decreasing the chance of spontaneous activity, and reducing unwanted electrical signals.»

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.

The onset of meditation in the monks coincided with an increase in high - frequency EEG electrical activity in the so - called gamma band (spanning 25 to 42 oscillations a second), which was synchronized across the frontal and parietal cortices.

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.

It may be premature to suggest a direct link between pollution and electrical destruction, but keeping an eye on increased lightning activity could be helpful to those working on preventive measures

The electrical capacitance, which shows the ability of a leaf to store a charge, stayed roughly constant at a minimum value during dark periods and increased rapidly during light periods, implying that electrical capacitance was a reflection of photosynthetic activity.

Since lipid peroxidation may affect neuronal electrophysiology, our data suggested that age - related increase in lipid peroxidation may contribute to an age - associated decline in neuronal electrical activity.

Some of the recognized challenges are poor engraftment of implanted cells and, in the case of human cardiomyocytes, functional immaturity and lack of electrical integration, leading to limited contribution to the heart's contractile activity and increased arrhythmogenic risks.

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.