Sentences with phrase «particular areas of the brain»

There are some activities such as the movement of the fingers that appear to be represented in particular areas of the brain.

Religion can cause wars, unify communities, and help us rationalize our world, but does thinking about God activate particular areas of the brain?

This made a lot of sense: There's significant evidence in cognitive science and brain science that suggests that, when particular areas of the brain are primed, people perform tasks a little bit better for a short time.

In the handful of studies that have been conducted so far, scientists have found that calling up information from memory, as compared with simply restudying it, produces higher levels of activity in particular areas of the brain.

If so, you could benefit from a machine that improves your way with numbers by stimulating a particular area of the brain.

The researchers also measured the activity of participants» brains with a tool called near - infrared spectroscopy, which measures changes in blood flow to particular areas of the brain.

The technique involves placing electrodes on the scalp to pass a constant low current through a particular area of the brain.

In order for early intervention of addiction to be possible, the study has deemed it essential to identify the biomarkers which may make a person more vulnerable to drug addiction, due to these particular areas of the brain affecting decision making and impulsivity.

Imaging studies in AD patients show atrophy in particular areas of the brain.

Magnetic fields are sent through the scalp and skull to a particular area of the brain.

When stimulated, those receptors relay signals via the 8th cranial nerve to particular areas of the brain - in particular, to an area called the «chemoreceptor trigger zone,» or CRTZ.