Sentences with phrase «particular brain state»

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In general, these interfaces rely on the user's ability to learn how to self - induce particular mental states that can be detected by brain - scanning technologies.

The UM team analyzed hundreds of brain scans of participants, ranging in age from 6 to 86, who were all in a «resting state,» which means they were not engaged in any particular task while in the fMRI scanner.

In particular, theta activity increased at the junction of three brain areas: the parietal region, just behind the crown of the head, which perceives sensory information and integrates it into the mysterious state called consciousness; the temporal lobe, behind the temples and responsible for making sense of sound; and the occipital lobe, located at the bottom back of the brain and responsible for processing vision.

Therefore, during puberty the brain is in a highly vulnerable state for any kind of reward, and drug rewards in particular.

Publishing in Nature together with colleagues from the United States, he has shown that these difficult - to - interpret patterns in particular are especially important for complex brain functions.

The use of a particular type of brain imaging, resting state FMRI, can aid early diagnosis, Hillis said.

«We've observed for the first time this particular wave phenomenon in the brain, and we think it could be a primary mechanism of neural injury in many types of head trauma,» says Gianmarco Pinton, PhD, an assistant professor in the Joint UNC - NC State Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Specifically, the mice lacked the protein ankyrin - G, in particular neurons in the brain, a defect that appears to make the animals both hyperactive and less fearful, a behavioral profile suggestive of a mania - like state for a mouse.

«Once we start to correlate particular patterns of activity to behaviors or mental states,» says Rafael Yuste, a neuroscientist at Columbia University who studies mammalian brain circuitry, «we will reinvent neuroscience as a field.»

Andrew's research now largely focuses on how brain function is associated with various mental states — in particular, religious and mystical experiences.

Okano's group has also succeeded in using a state - of - the - art technique called genome editing in marmosets, which could be used to generate «knock - out» monkeys, in which specific genes are deleted or inactivated in specified brain regions, and at a particular stage of brain development.

The progenenolone steal effect stops at this point but the body is unable to produce adequate energy and fatigue, accelerated aging and breakdown of the bodies protective barriers (skin, blood brain barrier and gut barrier) are the hallmarks of this particular physiological state.

According to neuroscientists like Eric Jensen, priming the brain for particular states of engagement — such as curiosity, intrigue, surprise, suspense, a bit of confusion, skepticism, and the feeling of safety — prepares the mind to learn.

The article also states that young children who experience trauma are at a particular risk because their developing brains are very vulnerable, specifically the cerebral cortex.