Sentences with phrase «on the brain activity»

Because the very action of creating goals has such a strong impact on brain activity, it's crucial to take the process seriously and stick to your decisions.

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.

None perceived a difference between the two types of sweat, but the pre-exam sweat had a different effect on brain activity, lighting up areas that process social and emotional signals, as well as several areas thought to be involved in empathy (PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371 / journal.pone.0005987).

«With training, animals stopped producing overt behavior and started relying on brain activity.»

None perceived a difference between the two types of sweat, but the pre-exam sweat had a different effect on brain activity, lighting up areas that process...

They compared the effect of both drinks on brain activity in the dorsal striatum, a key part of the brain's reward circuitry.

Moreover, assessments with MR neuroimaging showed that the SSRI had different effects on brain activity when associated with expectations of improvement or not.

The patterns were surprisingly consistent from person to person, to the extent that the researchers could predict, based on brain activity, the feelings of an individual who had never been scanned before.

Indeed, this work is the first to be published in a series of papers understanding the impact of green and urban spaces on brain activity in older adults.

The Yale research team had demonstrated in a prior study that fructose and another simple sugar, glucose, had different effects on brain activity.

Professor Mark Dadds, of the UNSW School of Psychology, says previous research suggested that oxytocin — a hormone with powerful effects on brain activity linked to the formation of social bonds — could have benefits for children with the disorder.

The implant eavesdropped on his brain activity and, together with sensors taped to the shoulder and above the eyebrow reading the electrical activity of muscle contractions, allowed him to slowly spell out words with the power of thought.

Gozzi, A. * Schwarz, A., Reese, T., Bertani, S., Crestan, V., Bifone, A. Region - specific effects of nicotine on brain activity: A pharmacological MRI study in the drug - näve rat (2006) Neuropsychopharmacology, 31 (8), pp. 1690 - 1703

That seems to be what President Obama was implying in his recent SOTU address (for more on the Brain Activity Map Project, see this NYT article).

The treatment was found to have effect on the brain activity of patients with mild form of the progressive brain disorder.

Scientists have yet another way to spy on brain activity.

Then, paired t - tests were conducted to test the effect of oxytocin on brain activity in the region of interest identified in this comparison.

But, she said, studies of older adults have found that regular exercise can have positive effects on brain activity and mental abilities.

But the impact of language experience on brain activity is not well understood, Luk says.

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.

The effectiveness of the game on brain activity has sparked some scientific controversy over the years, with some studies showing that playing Brain Age has no effects on brain development.

The chapter discusses the effects of childhood interpersonal trauma on brain activity, self - awareness and social functioning.

Substances have a profound impact on brain activity and neurotransmitters.

However, research examining the direct effects of psychosocial deprivation on brain activity has identified significant effects upon glucose metabolism (5), functional MRI activity of specific brain regions (6), and EEG activity (7).

Not exact matches

In fact, we almost can't help sharing our thoughts and feelings: Research also shows that talking about ourselves, whether in person or on social media, triggers the same pleasure sensation in the brain as does money or food — self disclosure causes increased activity in brain regions associated with the sense of reward and satisfaction from money, food and even sex.

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

For example, doctors could one day routinely use the headsets to obtain a «quantitative measurement of depression» in patients based on their brains» electrical activity, Agus said.

Even the most manageable dose of activity will have a very real impact on your brain function.

Research on a technique called biofeedback showed that showing test subjects their brain activity — essentially, sending it back to their mind — allowed them to gradually change their own brainwaves and, with them, their thoughts and emotions.

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.

The researchers also performed MRIs on all the participants and found that compared with the low - flavanol group, the 900 mg - a-day flavanol drinkers showed more activity in the dentate gyrus (an area of the brain located in the hippocampus and linked to the formation of new memories).

For example, the intensities and patterns of the brain waves in different areas of the cortex change according to the kind of mental activity that is going on.

Examining such a machine through its table, or as it is operating on its table, would be like examining only the electronic activity of a running computer, or of an operating brain, and trying to decide what the computer is accomplishing or the brain is thinking.

Whitehead thought that the lack of technical manual activity on the part of educated people caused a deprivation of stimuli, vital to creative thought, to the brain.

Would you say it is okay to pull the plug on this person, knowing that the brain activity would come?

On the other hand, writing promotes brain activity thus enabling a person to become more educated.

Another suggestion is that the mental activity of all humans on the planet, or perhaps your vicinity, create a collective brain energy field that we have some small connection to, some feeling of.

For now, I'm relying on my daily MCT oil (in coffee, matcha, moringa and dandelion lattes) to help me boost my brain activity, but this year I'm excited to try out a supplement like TruBrain.

However, the world's most sophisticated computer could not keep pace with the activity and development going on inside her brain.

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Classes focus on activities developed to increase a baby's brain growth and development, improve sensory stimulation, help children feel comfortable in social situations, and encourage growth and bonding between parent and child.

Students participating or desiring to participate in an athletic activity and their parent or guardian must sign and return an acknowledgement of and receipt and review of a concussion and traumatic brain injury information sheet on an annual basis.

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.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: SB 200 (2011) requires the Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop and post on their website guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students participating in or desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents and coaches, about the nature and risk of concussion and traumatic brain injury.

The Centers for Disease Control's study on traumatic brain injuries in youth and high school sports and recreational activities agrees.

The new findings suggest that interventions to increase childhood physical activity could have an important effect on brain development, Kramer said.

Interestingly, riding a bike and playground were number one and number three on the list of activities resulting in emergency room visits for traumatic brain injury overall (8.1 % and 7.9 % respectively), second and third among males under age 19 (16.5 %, 7.8 %), second and first among girls (11.8 %, 14.2 %), and number one and two for boys and girls aged 9 or younger.

This increases brain activity during a time when labor progress relies on a woman's primitive brain instincts.

After receiving a brain MRI, the boy was diagnosed with diffuse seizure activity on EEG, the consequence of severe, wide - spread brain injury.

Most preschool activity sites only offer you free printable preschool worksheets and children's art and crafts which focus on developing and stimulating just one aspect of a child's brain, namely, fine motor skills.