Sentences with phrase «predict brain response»

Degrees of sexual compulsivity did not predict brain response at all.

«The new method provides a powerful means to predict brain responses to music, speech, and soundscapes across a variety of contexts,» says Dr. Vinoo Alluri.

Not exact matches

The team predicted that the fastest response to the click would be seen in those in whom the accumulation of neural noise had neared the threshold — meaning their brains were about to commit to a movement.

A study conducted at the Department of Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland and Jyväskylä Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Research (CIBR) has found that the brain responses of infants with an inherited risk for dyslexia, a specific reading disability, predict their future reading speed in secondary scBrain Research (CIBR) has found that the brain responses of infants with an inherited risk for dyslexia, a specific reading disability, predict their future reading speed in secondary scbrain responses of infants with an inherited risk for dyslexia, a specific reading disability, predict their future reading speed in secondary school.

«Infant brain responses predict reading speed in secondary school.»

«Small DNA modifications predict brain's threat response.»

In this study they measured phase response curves from a computer simulation of brain activity, predicted what stimulus patterns would suppress the neural oscillations, and then demonstrated that the stimulation patterns predicted to suppress the oscillations were in fact effective.

The team is looking at how each affects the brain and whether brain markers can predict response to a particular treatment.

One nuance in the findings was that the brain area that appeared to predict response to SSRIs — the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex — was not the exact area that appeared to be affected by SSRI treatment.

«We can, however, conclude that brain responses to near - misses resemble those to actual wins; that brain responses to near - misses are associated with increased theta activity in gamblers and that gamblers» level of reported gambling severity and susceptibility to thoughts about gambling predicted activity in brain regions are responsible for the near - miss effect.»

Scientists have predicted that these changes in structure could elicit a pleasurable reward response in the brain.

«Placebo power: Depressed people who respond to fake drugs get the most help from real ones: Different levels of brain response to sham treatment could predict resilience in the face of depression, help lead to new treatments.»

«The fact that the models predict the neural responses and the distances of objects in neural population space shows that these models encapsulate our current best understanding as to what is going on in this previously mysterious portion of the brain,» says DiCarlo, who is also a member of MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Resebrain,» says DiCarlo, who is also a member of MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain ReseBrain Research.

In situations where monkeys can potentially cooperate to improve their mutual reward, certain groups of brain cells work to accurately predict the responses of other monkeys

We also tested whether it was possible to predict friendship status based on similarity of fMRI response time series across brain regions.

However, response to treatment may be predicted by baseline frontal lobe blood flow, and presence of polymorphisms of the 5 - hydroxytryptamine (5 - HT)-1 a gene, the LL genotype of the serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5 - HTTLPR) gene, and Val / Val homozygotes of the brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene.

Various biological factors at baseline appear to predict response to rTMS, including levels of certain molecular factors, blood flow in brain regions implicated in depression, electrophysiological findings, and specific genetic polymorphisms.

When the brain seeks to predict the best response, answer, solution to a problem or make a choice, the executive function control networks in the prefrontal cortex send out messages to the memory association areas, such as the hippocampus and memory storing cortex of each hemisphere.

The more extensive the brain's collection of memory networks, the more successful it will be in activating the best prior knowledge to predict the best responses, answers, and choices for any new situation.

Moreover, the patterns of activation and deactivation of brain regions in response to affective stimuli or in the course of mildly anxiogenic tasks vary quantitatively across subjects and can be predicted in part by individual differences in proneness to experience negative emotionality and anxiety, and by some polymorphic genes that influence behavior.

Adult attachment predicts maternal brain and oxytocin response to infant cues.

Also, if an ACC marker predicts better response, researchers might develop cognitive training that specifically targets this region, which could increase brain activation to accelerate or boost response to more traditional intervention.