Sentences with phrase «know about brain function»

Despite the caveats about how much we can know about brain function and how readily any of this work can be translated into policy, it is clear from the research that the brain is a good deal more plastic or changeable than we once thought.

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However, if you consider that when your brain stops functioning, your thought life ceases to exist, then there will be no way to know that you were wrong about your god belief.

As I tried to show in the preceding part, we also know something about the structure and function of that part of brain matter to which psychic phenomena correspond.

This idea fits what we know about localization of function in the brain — different mental functions involve different regions.6

I don't know about this one... First I question whether # 1 really is the PRIMARY function of the brain and second it seems a huge leap to go from a designated machinistic function straight to an emotion of fear.

However, little is known about how neurons in this brain region function as gatekeepers.

Many of Markram's colleagues think that he is too ambitious, that a model of billions of neurons, no matter how intricate, can not tell much about the functions of a real brain.

«We still don't know very much about how individual cells in the brain coordinate the activity of higher - level function that defines us as humans,» he says.

At UCLA, a project led by neurologist John Mazziotta and research neurologist Arthur Toga is attempting to do exactly what Illes suggests: create a comprehensive atlas that will provide a template for what is now known about brains — what they look like, how they vary, and how they function.

But we know surprisingly little about whether it is really effective, and much less about how it actually alters brain function.»

This project motivated me because very little is known about BIN1 function in the brain and its involvement in AD.

While memory is a function that has attracted the interest of the scientific community for several years, little is known about the rules underlying memory formation in the brain.

I know we talk a lot about the macronutrients - the carbs, protein and healthy fats you need - but you also need the MICROnutrients from greens and plants for essential body, brain and hormone functions.

I know we talk a lot about the macronutrients and the carbs, protein and healthy fats you need, but you also need the MICROnutrients from greens and plants for essential body, brain and hormone functions.

Without proactively caring for your brain, your chances of suffering from severe deficits in cognitive function at some point in your life are about 50/50 — no better than a flip of a coin.

Think about it, interventional research for the first time demonstrating actual improvement in brain function by addressing various factors known to be profoundly influential in determining whether the brain functions well or not.

The best thing about this movie is something that is impossible to prove, and that is the suggestion that former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliague resigned because he knew that damage from concussions was a very real thing, and that his feet were about to be put to the fire for what was done on his watch, so he stepped down and put human jellyfish Roger Goodell (jellyfish need very little oxygen for brain function, you see) in his place.

When we use our executive functioning, or frontal cortex (otherwise known as our «thinking brain») we expend energy, so creating habits means that we no longer need to think about it — great news for our brain and body.

They need and want to know about the latest research into the brain and its functions.

Knowing what she does about the brain, how it learns, and how it functions, Sprenger recognizes that every person can take better care of his or her brain to improve memory.

We also know more now than ever about how the brain functions, what kinds of learning environments work best for individual students, and how non-cognitive attributes can determine a student's trajectory in life.

As coaches, the more we know about how the brain functions, the better job we can do facilitating learning and results.

[00:02:58] So if you think about sort of their normal function their peer relationships their education as well as their physical health and you know trauma physically changes the brain and so we know that that the areas of the brain the brain that are most likely affected by trauma especially early trauma are those involving stress response emotional regulation attention more cognition executive function memory.

In adults, much of what is known about the organization of language functions in the brain has come from the study of patients with focal brain lesions.