Sentences with phrase «questions about brain function»

And nanoscale imaging of the brain promises to open up a brave new world of questions about brain function and structure on a cellular and subcellular level.

This allows us to ask fundamental questions about brain function.

Not exact matches

The more we're able to explain human behavior in terms of molecular genetics or brain activity or biological function — absent a Creator — then the more questions I have about what I believe, and why.

I don't know about this one... First I question whether # 1 really is the PRIMARY function of the brain and second it seems a huge leap to go from a designated machinistic function straight to an emotion of fear.

Among the approximately 100 imprinted genes discovered so far, about half of them, including Igf2, make proteins in the brain, raising the question of whether imprinting errors in genes that control the structure and function of the brain might contribute to mental illness.

«They came up with questions that none of the scientific reviewers thought to ask, asking about another part of the brain that lit up in both the ADHD and control groups and wondering about its function.

We find that if neurogenesis occurs in the adult hippocampus in humans, it is an extremely rare phenomenon, raising questions about its contribution to brain repair or normal brain function.

There is a plethora of information and research in circulation about the brain, and since this organ is so central to human function, there are many questions one could ask: do we only use 10 percent of our brain?

Oscillatory brain activity during encoding predicts later memory, suggesting that it can be used to discriminate good and poor memory function, and raising questions about how to modulate neural activity to increase memory success.

Although we are just beginning to answer basic questions about the canine brain, we can not ignore the striking similarity between dogs and humans in both the structure and function of a key brain region: the caudate nucleus.