Sentences with phrase «on human brain function»

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Their latest offering, the Brody WorkLounge was the outgrowth of an extensive research study conducted by Steelcase on how the human brain functions.

No doubt it is true, scientifically speaking, that no distinct center of superhuman consciousness has yet appeared on earth (at least in the living world) for which it may be claimed or predicted that one day it will exercise a centralizing function, in relation to associated human thought, similar to the role of the individual «I» in relation to the cells of the brain.

In 2007, researchers published the first randomized, controlled study of the effect of being raised in an orphanage; that study, and subsequent research on the same sample of Romanian orphans, found that compared with babies placed with a foster family, those who were sent to institutions had lower IQs, slower physical growth, problems with human attachment and differences in functioning in brain areas related to emotional development.

Adam Sutter holds a degree in Neuroscience, with an emphasis on the interrelationship between food, nutritional supplements, and the optimal development and functioning of the human brain.

He says, «These techniques give us the ability to look in on the intact, functioning human brain — in some cases in very noninvasive ways.»

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.

Neuroscientists, medical scientists, computer scientists, physicists, and mathematicians in Europe are working hand in hand to simulate the entire human brain on high - performance computers of the next generation in order to better understand how it functions.

By applying engineering principles and computer modeling, we can investigate how the human body functions, whether it is on computational mechanism of the brain, object recognition, or motor control.

Such dramatic effects on brain size and function are unlikely in human carriers of BRCA1 mutations, the authors of the study note, but they propose the findings could shed light on the gene's role in brain evolution.

«It's been proposed that Neanderthals depended on visual - spatial abilities and toolmaking, for survival, more so than on the social affiliation and group activities that typify the success of modern humans — and that Neanderthal brains evolved to preferentially support these visuospatial functions,» Berman explained.

The researchers acknowledge that using brain scans to study human cognition has its limitations because it relies on certain assumptions about the links between brain regions and their functions.

He looked to other, less invasive approaches that could be used and soon focussed on PET, which allows researchers to safely and non-invasively study the living human brain and track and record its function in health and disease.

Dr. Amaral's interests include research involving multidisciplinary studies directed at determining the neuroanatomical, behavioral and electrophysiological organization and functions of brain systems that are involved in learning, memory, emotion and social behavior carried out on the human brain and on animal models.

«It really highlights that just a small difference in the regulatory regions of human DNA — even ones that don't really make a gene, per se, but help to control genes — can have a big impact on how the brain is built, and ultimately how it functions,» she said.

Human ApoE ɛ2 Promotes Regulatory Mechanisms of Bioenergetic and Synaptic Function in Female Brain: A Focus on V - type H + - ATPase.

An expert on brain function and behavior, Dr. Grafman's topic is human belief systems in the brain.

The Gut Metagenome Changes in Parallel to Waist Circumference, Brain Iron Deposition and Cognitive Function JCEM June 7, 2017 Gerard Blasco, Jose Maria Moreno - Navarrete, Mireia Rivero, Vicente Perez - Brocal, Josep Garre - Olmo, Josep Puig, Pepus Daunis - i - Estadella, Carles Biarnes, Jordi Gich, Fernando Fernandez - Aranda, Angel Alberich - Bayarri, Andres Moya, Salvador Pedraza, Wifredo Ricart, Miguel Lopez, Manuel Portero - Otin, and Jose - Manuel Fernandez - Real Microbiota perturbations seem to exert modulatory effects on emotional behavior, stress - and pain - modulation systems in adult animals; however, limited information is available in humans...

Plus, a 2012 study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience found participating in an eight - week meditation training program had measurable effects on how the brain functions even when you are not actively meditating.

These new antioxidants help with brain function, memory, they help fight fat, help fight stress, but what's most important is these studies are not being done on animal models but in humans.

Even if you do not take medication or have a serious health problem, you may want to consult with a knowledgeable clinician, especially during the first month or two, to help you troubleshoot any issues that may arise, but ultimately the ketogenic diet is a safe and healthy diet for the vast majority of human beings — certainly much safer and healthier than the standard American diet, which should come in a package with a skull and crossbones on it A properly - formulated ketogenic diet contains everything the brain and body require to function well.

The delicate balance between the human microbiome and the development of psychopathologies is particularly interesting given the ease with which the microbiome can be altered by external factors, such as diet, 23 exposure to antimicrobials24, 25 or disrupted sleep patterns.26 For example, a link between antibiotic exposure and altered brain function is well evidenced by the psychiatric side - effects of antibiotics, which range from anxiety and panic to major depression, psychosis and delirium.1 A recent large population study reported that treatment with a single antibiotic course was associated with an increased risk for depression and anxiety, rising with multiple exposures.27 Bercik et al. 28 showed that oral administration of non-absorbable antimicrobials transiently altered the composition of the gut microbiota in adult mice and increased exploratory behaviour and hippocampal expression of brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), while intraperitoneal administration had no effect on behaviour.

There is a documentary on BBC or Discovery science called something like «Did Cooking Make Us Human» where they show an experiment that show that cooked food gives 30 % -40 % energy so stomach needs less energy to break the food and so the brain has more energy to function..

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.

One such tool is the Universal Design for Learning framework, or UDL, which draws on years of neuroscience to determine how the human brain functions during learning.