Sentences with phrase «similar areas in the brain»

Newberg and D'Aquili also argue that activities often found in religious rituals — like repetitive chanting — activate (and deactivate) similar areas in the brain, a finding that helps explain some of the more puzzling out - of - body experience reports, like those of the airplane pilots suddenly floating outside their planes.

Studies have shown that sex and meditation light up similar areas in the brain.

Not exact matches

Degeneracy doesn't imply deterioration, but instead redundancy as many areas in the brain handle the same or similar tasks.

Deep - brain stimulation involves the surgical placement of electrodes in the brain to deliver stimulation to targeted areas that control movement, similar to the way pacemakers are used to maintain a healthy heart rate.

These similar kinds or synchronized signals were found in brain areas that are connected with the early - stage processing of visual stimuli, detection of movement and persons, motor coordination and cognitive functions.

Seeking additional insight into similar mechanisms at work in other centers of the brain, Donato and his team discovered that the signal to develop one area known to be involved in more abstract functions, including memory and navigation, originated from deep within the brain, in a specific population of neurons that kicks off the maturation of an entire neural network.

Because a habitat may contain related moth species that use the same flowers as nectar sources but different host plants to lay their eggs, the researchers would like to investigate whether odors that provide olfactory cues to identify the best oviposition sites activate similar areas in the antennal lobe of these moths, or whether the functional atlas of the brain is different in each species.

Nevertheless, studies that compare the vivid imagery of dreams with daytime vision reveal similar patterns of activity in the visual cortex, the largest brain area devoted to vision.

Pain and itch even activate similar sensory areas in the brain.

Similar findings were also seen in other areas of the brain that are known for being important in emotional regulation.

«Our results, as well as similar results from other labs, point to a need for carefully designed tasks and paradigms that can reveal different functions in key areas of the brain and different vulnerabilities to the aging process,» Reagh added.

This means that both players are building a similar conceptual framework in the same area of the brain, constantly testing one another to make sure their concepts align, and updating only when new information changes that mutual understanding.

And when volunteers listened to spoken sentences, all their brains showed similar responses in the visual word form area.

In a similar vein, linguistic psychologist Steven Pinker recently teamed up with neurosurgeons and neurologists at Harvard University and U.C. San Diego to investigate the language functions of a small brain region known as Broca's area.

Previous studies have used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans to show that similar areas of the brain are activated when someone is in pain and when they see another person in pain.

Although optogenetics is not yet possible in humans, Dr. Paz believes we may be able to use similar therapies like deep brain stimulation to target a specific area in real time to stop a seizure.

Crucially, their brains also have basal ganglia similar to ours — this is the area deep in the brain that, along with the cerebral cortex, is responsible for important functions such as the control of movement and «executive functions» such as decision - making, learning and habit formation.

Here we show that in each case the resulting module specific SI map is similar in the brain areas that are included as part of the overall module.

If too much caffeine is being chronically absorbed, there is a high likelihood that similar to MSG, it could cause glutamate toxicity and related damage in certain areas of your brain.»

In a separate study exploring the areas of the brain associated with long term romantic love, Acevedo and colleagues found similar areas of the brain are activated in early stage romantic love as well as long term romantic lovIn a separate study exploring the areas of the brain associated with long term romantic love, Acevedo and colleagues found similar areas of the brain are activated in early stage romantic love as well as long term romantic lovin early stage romantic love as well as long term romantic love.

Brain Sussman, a meteorologist / radio host in the Bay Area, has recently released a book that, which seems to be similar to what Allegre tries to imply in his, bluntly calls all climate scientist Marxist that are working to redistribute the wealth of the world.

Ask any potential personal injury lawyer how long they have been practicing in this area of the law and what experience they have in cases similar to yours, i.e., traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, chronic pain syndrome, etc..