fMRI studies show that, when someone is asked what they think God wants, the exact
same part of their brain lights up as when they are asked what they themselves want.
For example, Lieberman discovered that we feel social pain, such as the loss of a relationship, in
the same part of the brain that we feel physical pain.
I am not surprised at all at the neurological research showing that
the same parts of the the brain, «light up.,» whether it is an image of a Mac or a religious deity.
Maybe I just need a little time to process this — to file it away in
that same part of my brain where I keep Joshua 6:21 and Psalm 137:9.
Nipples are full of nerves, and MRI tests show that fondling them «lights up»
the same part of the brain that's linked to your genitals.
Moreover, Rohner says, emerging evidence from the past decade of research in psychology and neuroscience is revealing that
the same parts of the brain are activated when people feel rejected as are activated when they experience physical pain.
When we watch someone else perform an action,
the same parts of our brains become active as when we do the action ourselves.
While most blind adults develop a mature theory of mind, it wasn't clear whether they used
the same parts of their brain as sighted people do to reason about the mental states of others.
Bilingual children appear to store both languages in
the same part of a brain region, while people who become bilingual in adulthood put language ability into different cubbyholes.
This finding led by a team of researchers at McGill complements previous imaging research showing that emotional and physical pain both activate
the same parts of the brain.
Evidently the axons from the eyes were able to find
the same parts of the brain that they had been linked to before the surgery.
The upshot is that even when we are asleep,
the same parts of our brains are on the alert for things to remember.
The researchers point out that this neurobiological similarity between sign and speech, then, goes beyond basic similarities and into more intricate processes —
the same parts of the brain are used at the same time for the specific computation of combining words or signs into more complex expressions.
When scientists removed or inactivated
this same part of the brain in dogs, they observed that the dogs began to move around, even though electrical recordings of the dogs» brains indicated that they were still fast asleep.
For both signers and speakers, phrase building engaged
the same parts of the brain with similar timing: the left anterior temporal and ventromedial cortices, despite different linguistic articulators (the vocal tract vs. the hands).
This may not be as absurd as it sounds, since temperature and empathic feelings are registered in
the same part of the brain, says John Bargh at Yale University, who led the study.
New research shows for the first time that we process cash and social values in
the same part of our brain (the striatum)-- and likely weigh them against one another when making decisions.
«The cool part,» Liu says, «is the clockwise and counterclockwise neurons are all intermingled in
the same part of the brain,» the primary visual cortex.
Similarly, flipping on the GABA - releasing neurons in
the same part of the brain had the opposite effect and increased food intake.
When we fall in love, blood flow increases in this area, which is
the same part of the brain implicated in obsessive - compulsive behaviors.
They light up
the same parts of the brain as monster trucks and battlebots do.
The more people Greene scanned, the clearer the pattern became: Impersonal moral decisions (like whether to throw a switch on a trolley) triggered many of
the same parts of the brain as nonmoral questions do (such as whether you should take the train or the bus to work).
It turns out that, regardless of our native language or personal history,
the same parts of our brain «light up» when we think of certain nouns.
Studies have actually shown that surrounding yourself with beautiful art has emotional benefits, stimulating
the same parts of the brain that fire up when you look at someone you love.
A new study published in the journal Psychological Science found that when teens received a large number of «likes» on their photos,
the same part of their brains that's turned on by things like winning money or enjoying chocolate was activated.
Simply put,
the same part of our brain that turns on stress turns off digestion.
Sugar stimulates
the same part of our brain as opioids do: the complex reward - center that leaves us constantly seeking our next «hit» (3).
«It should occupy
the same parts of the brain that stops any anxiety - related mental imagery happening as well.
Researchers found
the same part of the brain triggered for drug and alcohol cravings is activated with cravings correlated with memory.
These same parts of the brain are also where our fight or flight response originates.
Brain scans demonstrate that sugar acts on
the same part of the brain as highly addictive drugs such as opiates and amphetamines.
It turns out that people can't do two things at once that exercise
the same parts of the brain.
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The same part of the brain that processes movement also processes learning.
Those people are in
the same part of their brain as all the right - handers; there are enough of them already).
Recent research into Alzheimer's illuminates how memory creates your narrative self by using
the same part of your brain for your past as for your future.
These activities occupy
the same parts of the brain that stop anxiety - related mental imagery from happening.»
In fact, they come from
the same part of our brain: the limb.
Forbes even goes so far as to try and say it's gambling because it works on
the same part of the brain as gambling.
While it's true that, unlike a slot machine, a loot box will always result in some form of a prize, that doesn't change the fact that the simple act of opening loot boxes is incredibly similar to gambling, and taps into all
the same parts of the brain.
It pretty much used
the same part of my brain as cartooning, the pay was good, the work doable enough and you got to interact with adults most of the time.
The same parts of the brain light up when you're with someone you love and when you use cocaine.
Microsoft has admittedly spent a lot of time getting this sound right, and thanks to
the same parts of our brains that won't let us stop eating those oh - so - crunchy Pringles once we've started, it's been largely successful.
«And there's a lot of research showing that
those same parts of the brain do not develop as well when a child goes without this support.
A six - second kiss also releases dopamine, which triggers
the same part of your brain that is stimulated by cocaine.