Sentences with phrase «neuroimaging studies of»

Functional neuroimaging studies of cognitive recovery after acquired brain damage in adults

Neuroimaging studies of psychological interventions for mood and anxiety disorders: empirical and methodological review

Analogous to similar neuroimaging studies of individual differences in human social reward, our findings demonstrate a neural mechanism for preference in domestic dogs that is stable within, but variable between, individuals.

In this study, we built on previous neuroimaging studies of mathematical cognition and examined whether the same cognitive processes are engaged by two strategies used in algebraic problem solving.

Additional neuroimaging studies of the amygdala, hippocampus, and the rest of the limbic system, along with measurement of dopamine and other brain chemical transmitters during the learning process, reveal that students» comfort level has critical impact on information transmission and storage in the brain.

For support for neuroimaging studies of language - learning disabilities: $ 350,000 (over three years) to the New York University Medical Center, New York City.

Wager, T. D. & Smith, E. E. Neuroimaging studies of working memory: a meta - analysis.

We review neuroimaging studies of autism, with an emphasis on functional magnetic resonance imaging studies of intrinsic functional connectivity in children, adolescents and adults.

Functional neuroimaging studies of young children are thus especially critical for developing accurate models of the underlying neurobiology of the disorder.

A review of neuroimaging studies of young relatives of individuals with schizophrenia: a developmental perspective from schizotaxia to schizophrenia.

The neural bases of numerosity processing have been investigated in structural and functional neuroimaging studies of adults and children, and neural markers of its impairment in dyscalculia have been identified.

However, this intriguing neuroimaging study of transsexuals before and after their female - to - male gender reassignment suggests that even adult men and women differ in brain structure within regions involved in language and speech.

In an intriguing neuroimaging study of musical improvisation in classically trained pianists, Bengtsson et al. [13] found activations in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, as well as premotor and auditory areas during improvisation.

Regret and its avoidance: a neuroimaging study of choice behavior.

Mosconi, M.W., Mack, P.B., McCarthy, G. and Pelphrey, K.A. (2005) Taking an «intentional stance» on eye - gaze shifts: A functional neuroimaging study of social perception in children.

Not exact matches

The study, published in the January issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, concluded that after completing the course, parts of the participants» brains associated with compassion and self - awareness grew, and parts associated with stress shrank.

According to a new scientific study published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, subjects who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray - matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress.

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

Dr. Cameron Carter, Editor of Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, noted the study is «an elegant synthesis of task fMRI and structural MRI» that shows a unique relationship between structure and function in bipolar disorder.

A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reports a link between reduced functional activation and reduced cortical thickness in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder.

The study is one of the first pieces of neuroimaging evidence to support a broader approach to aphasia treatment.

Neuroimaging studies, in which the activity of different parts of the brain can be visualised, have provided some clues.

Michel Paradis, an expert in neurolinguistics who is associated with McGill University in Montreal, came up with it in 1987, based on years of neuroimaging studies.

In a study under way at USP's Neuroimaging Laboratory (LIM - 21), the researchers are now seeking to correlate the cognitive profile observed in the two groups of cocaine - dependent patients with decision - making and resting - state brain activity, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

A study by researchers from McGill University in Canada involving neuroimaging, which creates pictures of the brain's structure and neural activity, showed that smelling the body odor of someone closely related activates the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, a part of the brain responsible for recognizing family.

In addition to suggesting that creatine could slow the progression of HD, these results also imply that neuroimaging may provide a useful biomarker of disease modification in studies of other potential treatments.

Over and over, neuroimaging studies find correlations between patterns of response to food cues and BMI or weight gain.

In 2002, during her psychology studies at Harvard University, she contributed under her birth name of Natalie Hershlag to a study on neuroimaging called «Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near - Infrared Spectroscopy» (DOI: 10.1006 / nimg.2002.1170).

According to Dr. Cameron Carter, Editor of Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, the study is an important example of how more sophisticated approaches to analyzing brain imaging data examining transitions between mental states over time can measure altered brain dynamics that can identify subtle risk states or even track the transition from subclinical to clinical psychopathology.

Consequently, the magnitude of per - visit neuroimaging use found in this study suggests considerable overuse,» the authors write.

The tools developed are being enhanced and extended with the goal of developing a flexible software package that provides an automated approach for neuroimaging studies by Alzheimer's dementia researchers at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix.

Methods employed in cognitive neuroscience include psychophysical experiments, functional neuroimaging, electrophysiological studies of neural systems and, increasingly, cognitive genomics and behavioral genetics.

It's «a solid piece of evidence showing that those of us in neuroimaging need to do a better job thinking about our sample, where it's coming from and who we can generalize our findings to,» says Christopher Monk, who studies psychology and neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

The team used diffusion neuroimaging to study development of the auditory cortex in the infants» brains.

As a number of neuroimaging studies show, the early onset of permanent blindness alters the response of the neurons of the visual cortex and causes a cortical compensatory re-organization in the occipital lobe.

Many people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other stress - related disorders show increased activity in the right hemisphere of the brain — and in emotional, nonverbal processing — and decreased activity in the left, according to neuroimaging studies.

Neuroimaging studies show that some women's brains can compensate for the surging hormones of PMS, allowing them to better regulate their moods.

«The novelty of this study is that it provides potential neuroimaging - based tools that can be used with new patients to inform about the degree of certain neural pathology underlying their pain symptoms,» said Marina López - Solà, a post-doctoral researcher in CU Boulder's Cognitive and Affective Control Laboratory and lead author of the new study.

I am also co-Director of the Clinical Core of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Study along with related projects.

An August 15 functional MRI study in NeuroImage shows that in CG patients reminders of the deceased activate a brain area associated with reward processing, pleasure and addiction.

This work also calls into question neuroimaging studies that do not control for or report the time of day when scanning took place.

Neuroimaging studies suggest that frontolimbic regions of the brain, structures that regulate emotions, play an important role in the biology of aggressive behavior.

A new Journal of Neuroimaging study provides insights into the biochemical mechanisms by which Tai Chi — a mind - body exercise — may provide both physical and psychological benefits.

In Greene's neuroimaging study, emotional areas of the brain, rather than the prefrontal cortex.

He also cited neuroimaging studies showing that prolonged periods of reduced audio stimulation can lead to faster rates of atrophy, changing the brain's structure Additionally, social isolation caused by hearing loss may contribute to further brain decline, Lin said.

Beginning in the late 1990s, neuroimaging studies showed that a specific area of the parietal lobe — the IPS — is important for very basic numerical magnitude processing, such as deciding which of two numbers is larger.

«In this study, we focused on the activity of the anterior cingulate cortex, which has been shown by others to be related to error processing, and which we have shown to be associated with fatigue,» said Dr. Wylie, who is associate director of Neuroscience Research and the Rocco Ortenzio Neuroimaging Center at Kessler Foundation.

A 2012 review from Stanford researchers analyzed over 50 studies that used neuroimaging - that is, MRI, fMRI, magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and anything else that takes before - and - after pictures of the brain - to examine the brains of kids with a variety of mental illnesses: anorexia, ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder, depression, OCD, and schizophrenia.

Neuroimaging studies by Peter Brugger of University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland have shown that the network of brain regions responsible for creating a sense of bodily self is different in people with the condition (Brain, vol 136, p 318).

This isn't just a clever analogy: In recent neuroimaging studies, Harvard psychologist Daniel Schacter has shown that remembering and imagining mobilize many of the same brain circuits.