Sentences with phrase «individual brain parts»

Reductionist biology — examining individual brain parts, neural circuits and molecules — has brought us a long way, but it alone can not explain the workings of the human brain, an information processor within our skull that is perhaps unparalleled anywhere in the universe.

Not exact matches

Individuals have many facets and the human brain has lots of moving parts.

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.

(This part of the brain, by the way, can differ in individual size by up to three times.)

When an individual is not concentrating on a complex task, neurons in that part of the brain fire sporadically, constituting what Minzenberg calls the exploration mode.

The researchers exposed individuals with arachnophobia to spider pictures while measuring their brain activity in the amygdala, a part of the brain that is strongly linked to fear.

He found that obese individuals had more water in the amygdala — a part of the brain involved in eating behaviour.

Studies of individual neurons in dishes of cultured neurons and in brain slices by co-first author Robert E. Stanley, a graduate student in the lab, revealed that neurons in the mutant mice had decreased numbers of dendritic spines, an important part of the synapses that neurons use to communicate with one another.

A 2012 brain - imaging study conducted by Eccles and her colleagues found that individuals with joint hypermobility had a bigger amygdala, a part of the brain that is essential to processing emotion, especially fear.

Fossils from 15 individuals, including fragile parts of the face that are preserved in the new skull, show that the species combines primitive traits such as a small brain, flat midface, and curving fingers with more modern - looking features in its teeth, jaw, thumb, wrist, and foot.

It has billions of parts, many used to activate and silence genes — an arrangement that allows individual cells to specialize as brain cells, heart cells and some 200 other different cell types.

So, if a pharmaceutical company creates an Alzheimer's drug to target memory based on research into one type of memory — the part of the brain responsible for finding missing objects, for example — but doesn't also have data on the type of memory that helps individuals remember the important people, places and things in their life, it runs the risk of producing a product that helps a person remember where they put the car keys, but not how they met their spouse.

Brain maps of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show different levels of connectivity between parts of the brain compared with typical individBrain maps of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show different levels of connectivity between parts of the brain compared with typical individbrain compared with typical individuals.

Studying individuals and families who have these eye abnormalities might eventually be able to shed light on the genetics behind the affected parts of the brain, Mosconi notes.

As part of your «Nine big brain questions» special (3 April, p 26), Celeste Biever made a reference to the familiar problem that we «have no way of proving we are not the only self - aware individuals in a world of unaware «zombies»».

It was already known that short sounds are discriminated from longer sounds by individual brain cells in the inferior colliculus, the auditory part of the midbrain.

Part of the problem is that converting the brain waves to an audible melody would likely strip the signal of its signature, leaving the individual unaware that the music is their own.

«While the results of this study are preliminary, they hold promise for enhancing and maintaining brain reserve in later life, particularly among sedentary individuals who may benefit most urgently from behavioral interventions like Experience Corps,» said Carlson, who is now leading a larger fMRI trial as part of a large - scale randomized trial of the Baltimore Experience Corps Program.

Recordings from neurons in the amygdala, a part of the brain involved in fear learning and implicated in anxiety disorders, showed that individual amygdala neurons responding to the tone changed their preference («tuning») for tones of different pitch following fear learning.

Research on one - handed individuals suggests that areas of the brain thought to correspond to specific body parts might actually relate to the function those body parts fulfill.

Kessler is proud to be part of one only nine federally - designated Model Systems for the treatment and research of both spinal cord and brain injuries, a distinction shared with Kessler Foundation, and also leads the field in the care of individuals with stroke, neurologic diseases, amputation, orthopedic trauma, cancer and cardiac conditions.

A decline in function in the prefrontal cortex, the «executive» or front part of the brain, is present in high - risk individuals experiencing early symptoms of schizophrenia and may reflect biological changes that precede the onset of diagnosable illness, the study indicates.

Using microelectrodes to monitor individual neurons in the brains of owl monkeys, he found that the somatosensory cortex has a complete topographical «map» of the entire body surface, in which adjacent areas of the map responded to body parts that were next to one another, such as the fingers.

The question addressed in part by this paper are whether changes in decision - making behavior and associated brain functions are a result of pre-existing characteristics — which may predispose individuals to use drugs — or as a consequence of long - term use.

The comments come from current Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors...: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging to something special... your class... Encourages differences and similarities to recognised and valued... Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion... The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming... Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group... Encourages participants to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game... Helped to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students to gel... Switches the students brains on from the moment go... Helps to break down various barriers... Gives a big boost to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...

In The Whole - Brain Child, Drs. Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson explain, «Just as its many different parts are made to work together, each individual brain is made to relate with the brain of each person we interact with.&rBrain Child, Drs. Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson explain, «Just as its many different parts are made to work together, each individual brain is made to relate with the brain of each person we interact with.&rbrain is made to relate with the brain of each person we interact with.&rbrain of each person we interact with.»

Individual members of groups were asked to start exploring the named abilities in such way that they will retrieve the parts of their body, for example in that group there just the brain, in other group there just the ears, there just the tongue, inside that group there just the hands, there just only the legs, but there were even such groups where they were making the presence of the body from the navel downside or just from the navel upside, there just the body of the left or right arm leg.

On Sunday 4th September 35 cyclists, including friends and family, from leading law firm Moore Blatch (which specialise in supporting individuals with brain injuries) took part in the London to Windsor bike ride challenge, organised by Bike Events raising over # 3,800 in aid of Headway South West London (HSWL).

Brain research suggests that the part of the brain that processes an emotional assault is the same part that processes a physical assault, so when an individual is verbally assaulted by a partner, the brain responds as though he or she is being punched in the stomach, prompting the same toxic mix of fear and Brain research suggests that the part of the brain that processes an emotional assault is the same part that processes a physical assault, so when an individual is verbally assaulted by a partner, the brain responds as though he or she is being punched in the stomach, prompting the same toxic mix of fear and brain that processes an emotional assault is the same part that processes a physical assault, so when an individual is verbally assaulted by a partner, the brain responds as though he or she is being punched in the stomach, prompting the same toxic mix of fear and brain responds as though he or she is being punched in the stomach, prompting the same toxic mix of fear and rage.

Moreover, the patterns of activation and deactivation of brain regions in response to affective stimuli or in the course of mildly anxiogenic tasks vary quantitatively across subjects and can be predicted in part by individual differences in proneness to experience negative emotionality and anxiety, and by some polymorphic genes that influence behavior.