Sentences with phrase «of certain parts of their brains»

They were braver, more curious; it had actually changed the shape of certain parts of their brains.

According to a big number of new studies, resistance training can enhance cognitive functioning and slow down the age - related shrinking of certain parts of the brain, especially in older people.

The staggered development of certain parts of the brain can have noticeable effects on adolescent behavior.

Not exact matches

Plus, new research suggests that disrupting sleep during certain parts of the night can quickly raise levels of Alzheimer's - related proteins in the brain and spinal fluid.

Modern empiricism, on the other hand, which locates the possibilities of science in the brain (as if the brain and its patterns of order were not also in part a construction of the scientist's mind), precisely reverses this: the outside world known by the senses is alone the seat of what is — if anything is — universal, objective, real and certain.

You can have the realisation that using a certain word is wrong because of how it can make others feel, but that doesn't mean the part of your brain that processes language is suddenly going to stop it coming to you mind in those moments you would have previously used it.

While concussions do share a certain set of symptoms, each concussion itself can have different symptoms based on exactly which parts of the brain have been injured.

How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life, stresses that while happiness is a mood rather than an inborn trait, certain aspects of your baby's natural temperament — whether she's optimistic or pessimistic, shy or bold — may play a part in determining how happy she becomes.

The results of at least two recent studies, however, suggest that reductions in full - contact practices can be accompished safely without putting players at additional risk, while researchers continue looking for the head trauma «holy grail»: a threshold - whether it is number of hits per week, over the course of the season, of a certain force, or to a certain part of the helmet (e.g. facemask, top of the head) above which players are at an unacceptably high risk of permanent brain injury.

Pioneering occupational therapist and neuroscientist A. Jean Ayres, PhD, likened SPD to a neurological «traffic jam» that prevents certain parts of the brain from receiving the information needed to interpret sensory information correctly.

One part of her brain, the intellect, will tell her that she should do certain things.

Also, although fish and shellfish can be an extremely healthy part of your pregnancy diet (they contain beneficial omega - 3 fatty acids and are high in protein and low in saturated fat), you should avoid eating certain kinds due to high levels of mercury, which can damage the brain of a developing fetus.

It is released in certain parts of the brain by rewarding experiences, such as achievement, food consumption, and other pleasures of life.

The pair noticed that certain parts of the animal brain were inherently sensitive to repetition — regardless of whether it translated into a valued juice reward.

«As certain areas of the brain become more variable, it seems to compensate in some ways for the other parts of the brain that are decreasing,» said Aaron Heller, an assistant professor in the Psychology Department and senior author of the paper.

«Some patients have lesions to certain areas of this part of the brain, so hopefully we can assess them to see what particular aspects of approach avoidance behaviour may or may not be impacted,» he adds.

In this case, they focused on what happens in certain parts of the brain when subjects were shown a face — the face being the event.

Next the team wants to see if probiotic drugs can cultivate certain types of bacteria in the gut, and therefore fine - tune microRNA levels in specific parts of the brain.

We shouldn't die for certain things that may well just be because of a chemical firing off in one part of the brain.

The brain stem and certain other parts of the brain are particularly rich in the receptors that attach to opioids.

However, the brain has some self - repairing potential that accounts for the renewal of certain neuronal populations living in the dentate gyrus, a simple cortical region that is part of the larger functional brain system controlling learning and memory, the hippocampus.

«Clearly, there are connections to certain parts of the brain, but you can modify that,» Bach - y - Rita says.

In addition, the observations showed a reaction in certain parts of the brain which play a role in emotions.

Broca concluded that certain parts of the brain are responsible for certain tasks, and a deluge of later research seemed to prove him right.

«Small amounts of gadolinium deposit in certain parts of the brain in people who undergo repeated gadolinium - based contrast agent enhanced exams,» said Vikas Gulani, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Urology, and Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Director of Magnetic Resonance Imaging at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.

Brain scans revealed that the more television a kid watched, the larger certain parts of the brain Brain scans revealed that the more television a kid watched, the larger certain parts of the brain brain were.

What the researchers think is happening is that the stroke kills neurons in a part of the brain called the dorsal lateral striatum, and they stop inhibiting certain neurons in the midbrain.

«We have developed a method that lets us reduce the sleep depth in a certain part of the brain and therefore prove the causal connection between deep sleep and learning efficiency,» says Reto Huber.

«Some neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and autism, are characterized by the abnormal development of synaptic connectivity in certain key parts of the brain,» explains Schneggenburger.

For example, it was also shown that the level of serotonin transporter (SERT) is greatly reduced in certain parts of the brain in patients with depression.

In lampreys, for example, certain parts of the brain and the mouth that distinguish the animals from earlier relatives begin a rapid decay within 24 hours.

Tuna, marlin and great white sharks heat up certain areas — swimming muscles, parts of their viscera and the eye and brain — but these regional endotherms can stay at lower depths only for short periods and must rise to warmer waters, unlike the deep - dwelling opah.

«But during the navigational memory task, certain parts of the brains of subjects with concussion showed altered activation patterns, either diminished or increased activity.

«Beyond reward and craving, this part of the brain is also linked to substance abuse and dependence, which raises the question as to whether certain foods might be addictive,» says Ludwig.

«Your associations with certain music involve many different parts of the brain, and they're very strong.

GABA serves as an inhibitor or regulator of neuronal activity, in part by suppressing dopamine in certain parts of the brain.

Previous «mind - reading» studies have shown that certain parts of the brain respond to particular words.

Just as he had predicted, personal moral decisions tended to stimulate certain parts of the brain more than impersonal moral decisions.

It turns out that, regardless of our native language or personal history, the same parts of our brain «light up» when we think of certain nouns.

Working with mice, Reti and others have shown previously that within a few minutes of ECT, certain genes 3/4 notably including Narp 3/4 are turned on in the hippocampus, a small, seahorse - shaped part of the brain in the temporal lobe that helps regulate emotions.

«If yawning cools certain parts of the brain, it makes sense that larger brains with more cortical neurons require longer yawns and more influx of air,» Elainie Alenkær Madsen of Lund University in Sweden who was not part of the study told The Atlantic.

Goldstein and her colleagues found that patients diagnosed with â $ œamnesticâ $ MCI showed greater loss of white matter integrity in a certain part of the brain — the medial temporal lobe â $ «than cognitively normal controls of similar age.

autism (also known as autism spectrum disorders) A set of developmental disorders that interfere with how certain parts of the brain develop.

4/26/2007 UCSD to Participate in Nationwide Trial to Assess Impact of Omega - 3 Fatty Acid on the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease Nutritionists have long endorsed fish as part of a heart - healthy diet, and now some studies suggest that omega - 3 fatty acids found in the oil of certain fish and algae as well as human breast milk may also benefit the brain by lowering the risk of Al...

Then UC San Francisco's Arturo Alvarez - Buylla, PhD, and other neuroscientists discovered in birds and mice that stem cells in certain parts of the brain do produce new neurons throughout the animal's life.

The previous line of thought was that a certain area of the brain was in charge of hand function, but new research shows that other body parts compensating for the missing hand (like a foot, mouth or arm) just as effectively «light up» the erstwhile hand area.

The human brain has developed into something that has a «strong regional bias», in other words, certain areas and sides of the brain control certain commands and body parts.

When we enjoy something, like this fabulous dinner in this fantastic setting, certain parts of the brain get busy in storing this information as memories and, at the same time, make us subjectively feel good.

But research has discovered that certain parts of the brain play central roles in the process:

TRY IT: Neuroscientists have designed a series of games called Lumosity to help challenge certain parts of your brain.