Sentences with phrase «level brain matter»

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«Play games (Scrabble, bridge, chess, Go, Battleship, Connect 4, doesn't matter),» suggests Xie (for a ninja - level brain boost, exercise your working memory by trying to play without looking at the board).

consciousness is present in all matter, just like gravity it is inherent and innate to everything produced after the big bang, only its level of existence varies with evolution, highest is that of living things, at the top is us humans because of the biological nature of our existence we evolve fastest and our brains has attained the highest level of complexity

Indeed, babies fed higher levels of breast milk show higher plasma concentration levels of DHA and AA in the brain cortex, cerebral grey and white matter, as well as a higher IQ up to 15 years of age compared to babies fed formula not containing LCPUFA.

Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

Using resting - state MRI analysis on thousands of people's brains around the world, the research has found that the areas of the brain which are associated with learning and development show high levels of variability, meaning that they change their neural connections with other parts of the brain more frequently, over a matter of minutes or seconds.

The results showed that amyloid plaque levels in the posterior cingulate cortex were related to the amount of white matter damage, suggesting that injury to the brain's wiring may be linked to the formation of amyloid plaques.

Jiang and Pell saw event - related potentials — positive peaks in brain activity — in all the volunteers» EEGs around 200 milliseconds after the start of a clip, no matter its confidence level.

People who reported seeking high levels of stimulation or excitement had reduced cortical thickness, or gray matter, in brain regions associated with decision making and self - control.

They found that people who reported seeking high levels of stimulation or excitement had reduced cortical thickness, or gray matter, in brain regions associated with decision making and self - control.

Halloway's analysis found the association between participants» actual physical activity and gray matter volumes remained after further controlling for age, gender, education levels, body mass index and symptoms of depression, all of which are associated with lower levels of gray matter in the brain.

The images showed features such as the size of each brain region, the level of connectivity between neurons, and how much white matter was insulating the neurons.

The researchers determined that lower fitness levels were associated with weaker white matter, which in turn correlated with lower brain function.

Brain imaging shows yellow and reddish pixels representing areas where the functionality of white matter is associated with higher fitness levels.

Higher levels of lifestyle physical activity are associated with more gray matter in the brains of older adults, according to a Rush University Medical Center study published in the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.

Simply making a decision about whatever it is that you're worrying invokes your thinking brain, increases dopamine levels, and shifts your brain's perceptual focus on the things that matter the most.

«We found that higher serum levels of NT - proBNP were associated with smaller brain volumes, in particular with smaller gray matter volume, and with poorer organization of the brain's white matter,» lead author Dr. Meike Vernooij said in a journal news release.

Most people who use this sort of detox find that their brain power and energy levels start to return in a matter of weeks.

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champagne found that people with high levels of lutein in their blood had thicker gray matter in the parahippocampal cortex, the part of the brain that plays a role in memory encoding and retrieval.

In fact meditation is scientifically proven to result in an abundance of important mental and physical health benefits such as increased grey matter concentration levels in the brain, decision making capabilities, the ability to work under extreme stress and pressure, decreased dependency on physical stimulants such as drugs or alcohol and many, many more.

It's hard to overstate the sheer power dopamine has over our gray matter; stimulants such as nicotine and cocaine, and opiates like heroin, spike dopamine levels in our brain, something that's directly responsible for dependency.

Using tract - based spatial statistics (TBSS), a method of assessing changes in white - matter microstructure on a voxel-wise level across the whole brain, Wang et al. (2012) found significantly lower FA and higher mean diffusivity (MD), RD and AD in many white - matter tracts in adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) and comorbid ADHD compared to HCs (Wang et al. 2012).