Sentences with phrase «other brain regions perform»

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There is evidence that the male brain uses either one hemisphere or the other and relies on specialized brain regions when performing a task.

Another doubled - up region contains enhancers that turn on some genes in the cerebellum, a part of the brain that coordinates movement, speech and performs other important functions.

Their findings: activity dropped in the prefrontal cortex — which is implicated in planning as well as in the organization of functions performed by other brain regions — but it jumped in a cluster of brain regions implicated in daydreaming known as the «default mode network.»

However, they do not allow us to know whether this information was used to perform the task, or if it reflects the consequences of this task — in other words, spreading information in our brain,» continues Valérian Chambon, researcher at the Departement d'études cognitives at the ENS.. The mapped regions outside of the posterior superior temporal lobe are thus false positives, in a way.

Using this new technology, he found that improving the synchronization of brain waves, or oscillations, between these two regions enhanced their communication with each other, allowing participants to perform better on laboratory tasks related to learning and self - control.