Sentences with phrase «on brain activity by»

The research on brain activity by Rosalind Picard and her colleagues at MIT's Media Lab suggests that students» brain activity is nearly non-existent during lectures - even lower than when they are asleep.

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Ebay: NeuroFocus redeveloped a new brand identity based on tests they did with consumers by measuring emotions and brain activity.

The research (which thrills me personally) was led by Larry Stevens, a Northern Arizona University psychologist, and involved looking at the effects of eating dark chocolate on the brain, using an EEG machine to measure brain activity.

According to a University of Iowa study on brain activity led by physiological psychologist Debra L. Johnson, introvert brains show more activity in areas dealing with learning and planning, while extrovert brains are more active in regions that control sensory processes, like watching and listening.

The policies must (1) Require the student athlete and their parent or guardian to annually review and sign information on concussions, (2) Require that a student athlete suspected by their coach, athletic trainer or team physician of sustaining a concussion or brain injury in a practice or game be removed from the activity at that time.

Sleep disturbed by night terrors means that there is irregular brain activity going on — most of the brain is «asleep,» but the small part that controls movement, voice, and expression actually remains awake.

A recent study conducted by researchers at the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation looked at differences in brain activity comparing the times children spent on screens (TV, smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers) versus reading a book.

What about working on some science to prevent summer brain slump by doing some science water play activities.

A physician who allegedly conducted human brain - activity experiments on people associated with the NXIVM corporation has apparently not published a scientific study in years and there is no indication his private research was being overseen by an independent review board, according to a medical expert and records of the NIH and U.S. National Library of Medicine.

As the time interval between the two increases, the word suddenly pops into consciousness — accompanied by characteristic activity on a brain scan.

The scientists observed that transmission of chemical signals between the nerve cells are facilitated by AMPA - receptors and the activity occurs on the brain cell surface.

Dr. Aron and colleagues based their study's conclusions on a neuroimaging study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning that measures brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow.

To investigate the longer - term effects of higher - than - normal acetylcholine levels on the brain, Hermona Soreq of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her colleagues first induced high levels of acetylcholine by forcing 26 mice to swim, an activity stressful to mice.

Bristow then used a functional magnetic resonance imaging scanner, or fMRI, to monitor any brain activity triggered by blinking, independent of the effect of eyelid closure on light entering the eye.

The Brain Activity Map project launched recently by President Obama — and funded to the tune of $ 100 million in the US budget announcement earlier this month — highlights the need for research that focuses both on how individual neurons work and the ways that different regions of the brain work together as a Brain Activity Map project launched recently by President Obama — and funded to the tune of $ 100 million in the US budget announcement earlier this month — highlights the need for research that focuses both on how individual neurons work and the ways that different regions of the brain work together as a brain work together as a unit.

Using new types of experiments on neuronal cultures, a group of scientists, led by Prof. Ido Kanter, of the Department of Physics at Bar - Ilan University, has demonstrated that this century - old assumption regarding brain activity is mistaken.

Lamm and his group recently sought the answer to answer this question by combining measures of electrical activity in the brain (via electroencephalogram) with functional magnetic resonance imaging to show blood flow patterns in 25 participants getting rounds of shocks on their hands.

For his part, Collins, who has led NIH since 2009 and been kept on by the Trump administration, pointed to an array of promising NIH activities, including the development of new technologies to provide insights into human brain circuitry and function through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neuroethologies (BRAIN initiative) and the use of the gene - editing tool CRISPR - Cas9 to correct mutations and clear the way to develop and test a «curative therapy» for the first molecular disease: sickle cell disbrain circuitry and function through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neuroethologies (BRAIN initiative) and the use of the gene - editing tool CRISPR - Cas9 to correct mutations and clear the way to develop and test a «curative therapy» for the first molecular disease: sickle cell disbrain circuitry and function through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neuroethologies (BRAIN initiative) and the use of the gene - editing tool CRISPR - Cas9 to correct mutations and clear the way to develop and test a «curative therapy» for the first molecular disease: sickle cell disBrain Research through Advancing Innovative Neuroethologies (BRAIN initiative) and the use of the gene - editing tool CRISPR - Cas9 to correct mutations and clear the way to develop and test a «curative therapy» for the first molecular disease: sickle cell disBrain Research through Advancing Innovative Neuroethologies (BRAIN initiative) and the use of the gene - editing tool CRISPR - Cas9 to correct mutations and clear the way to develop and test a «curative therapy» for the first molecular disease: sickle cell disBRAIN initiative) and the use of the gene - editing tool CRISPR - Cas9 to correct mutations and clear the way to develop and test a «curative therapy» for the first molecular disease: sickle cell disBRAIN initiative) and the use of the gene - editing tool CRISPR - Cas9 to correct mutations and clear the way to develop and test a «curative therapy» for the first molecular disease: sickle cell disease.

By comparing participants» mental health assessments at the time of the brain scans, and in a follow - up occurring on average seven months later, he found that these at - risk individuals were less likely to develop anxiety if they also had high activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

In a bid to determine the regions of the brain concerned with these memorization difficulties, the researchers conducted magneto - encephalographs (a technique that allows very weak magnetic fields produced by neural activity to be measured at the surface of the head) on a group of amusics while they were performing a musical task.

Now, rather than focusing on the potential end results of lying, Temple University scientists Scott Faro and Feroze Mohamed are developing a way to detect deception by looking directly at people's brain activity using MRI brain scanners.

This is consistent with findings, from a large literature of studies on depression and reward circuitry, that depression is characterized by less activity in the brain's reward system.

However, Hannah's research goes above and beyond previous work by investigating the brain activity of drivers using the new driving simulator facility on University Park.

By attaching electrodes to the heads of infants and toddlers and measuring brain activity, Nathan Fox of the University of Maryland has discovered that the brains of timid children are more active on the right side — specifically, in a region called the right frontal cortex.

By quelling activity in a part of the brain that evaluates threats and plans responses, researchers can alter peoples» views on immigrants and religion, The Daily Beast reports.

The article, A pilot study examining functional brain activity 6 months after memory retraining in MS: the MEMREHAB trial, was published online ahead of print on June 14 by Brain Imaging and Behabrain activity 6 months after memory retraining in MS: the MEMREHAB trial, was published online ahead of print on June 14 by Brain Imaging and BehaBrain Imaging and Behavior.

Researchers predicted and found that by altering brain activity in this brain area, they could change how subjects punished hypothetical defendants without changing the amount of blame placed on the defendants.

We start by using EEG — or electroencephalography; in other words, using an electrode cap on the scalp to record [brain] activity from the outside.

These were the findings of a large - scale study by a research team at the University of Basel that focused on determining the gender - dependent relationship between emotions, memory performance and brain activity.

A scent's location on the map also predicts the brain activity caused by getting a whiff: previous research in a variety of animals such as fruit flies, honeybees, mice, rats and tadpoles showed that neighboring odors cause similar patterns of neuron activity.

In a 2012 paper in Neuron, based on meetings organized by the Oxnard, California - based Kavli Foundation, Yuste and colleagues laid out a plan to progress gradually from mapping the brain activity of simple model organisms such as the fruit fly to charting the brains of creatures that contain roughly 1 million neurons, such as the Etruscan shrew.

But her brain is undergoing a frenzy of activity in an attempt to heal itself from the trauma she suffered on Saturday, when she was shot in the head in Tucson, Ariz., by a gunman who also shot 19 other people, killing six.

On the contrary, new decoding techniques of neuronal activity by machine - learning suggest that decisional information is present all over the brain.

By creating a way to correct for motion, the team was able to make a four - dimensional reconstruction of brain activity in moving subjects, opening the door for studies on subjects that don't stay still for long, like fetuses and small children.

«Although these effects are largely invisible in scientific studies that only judge thyroid activity by measuring hormone levels, they may be having a real impact on infants» brain development.»

The results are «movies» of brain activity showing not only where and when activity occurs but also how signals move across the brain on a millisecond - by - millisecond level, information no other research team has produced.

Scholarly articles published by over 20 researchers in Monographs, titled «The Relation of Childhood Physical Activity to Brain Health, Cognition and Scholastic Achievement» indicate that while physical activity in schools has diminished in part because of a growing emphasis on student performance and academic testing, decreased physical activity is actually related to decreased academic perfActivity to Brain Health, Cognition and Scholastic Achievement» indicate that while physical activity in schools has diminished in part because of a growing emphasis on student performance and academic testing, decreased physical activity is actually related to decreased academic perfactivity in schools has diminished in part because of a growing emphasis on student performance and academic testing, decreased physical activity is actually related to decreased academic perfactivity is actually related to decreased academic performance.

By simulating electrical brain activity and relating the behavior of single neurons to brain waves, the researchers aim to bridge this gap, opening the way to better tools for diagnosing mental disorders, and on a deeper level, offering a better understanding of ourselves.

«By reducing brain activity on the side of the brain that was not injured, the injured side may actually have a better chance of recovery,» Dr. Vox explained.

Yuste says the answer might lie in what he calls the brain's «dark matter,» the neural activity that goes on constantly behind the activity evoked by sensory stimuli.

Optogenetics, a technology that allows scientists to control brain activity by shining light on neurons, relies on light - sensitive proteins that can suppress or stimulate electrical signals within cells.

By studying brain activity in rats, scientists have discovered that the information played out during the brain replay process depends on the task the animal is facing.

They focused on the so - called N400, a distinct pattern of electrical brain activity that can be measured by electrodes placed on the scalp.

It has beneficial effects on neurons, repairing them from damage induced by some states such as high blood sugar, and can also be used as a brain booster due to its effects at increasing alertness, mitochondrial capacity, and neuron activity.

Then, while the participants performed an attention testing task, neural activity in the brain was measured by making use of electrodes on the scalp.

In normal people, theta activity inside the brain while performing tasks indicates that irrelevant information is being blocked out by the brain so the individual can concentrate on the task.

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«We present a model of cognitive cost based on the novel idea that the brain senses and plans for longer - term allocation of metabolic resources by purposively conserving brain activity.

In a 2015 survey undertaken by the Statistic Brain Research Institute, 64 % of online daters considered having «common interests» to be the most important factor in a partnership.1 So, if you're thinking of asking someone special out on a date, think about whether you have similar interests and which activities you'd both enjoy.

At Harvard, in the 1970s, long before MRIs could give a precise view of brain activity, Rose became fascinated by the emerging science of psychophysiology, based partly on trying to understand electrical activity in the brain through skin conduction tests.