Sentences with phrase «specific brain differences»

«Women have more active brains than men: Largest functional brain imaging study to date identifies specific brain differences between women and men, according to a new report in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.»

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Brain research shows the brains of men and women are organized differently, and these gender - related but not always gender - specific differences could be construed as suggesting new stereotypes, another «dichotomy.»

«Rather than merely brain mapping, we can start to address more biologically specific questions like, «How do individual differences in axon diameter correlate with differences in impulsivity?

Also surprising was that while male and female brains did not differ in cell counts in cortical regions, the study identified 11 subcortical areas with gender - specific differences.

These variations in abilities and talents presumably arise from differences among our brains, and many studies have linked certain very specific tasks with cerebral activity in localized areas.

«Everyone from musicians to taxi drivers has differences in brain activity related to their specific skills,» he said.

These studies are hampered by large natural variation from person to person, which makes it hard to align brain scans to reveal key differences in specific structures.

«If you're looking for very specific molecular targets or pathways in the brain, and how drugs might act on them, the difference between human cells and mouse cells is significant.»

A new study by University of Illinois researchers found that these individual differences are associated with variation in specific brain networks — particularly those related to executive, social and perceptual processes.

In addition, no difference was seen in the active versus the control group in their response to sexual and aversive cues, indicating that the effects of baclofen on cue - induced brain activation were specific to drug cues.

It's the first time scientists have shown in selectively bred animals that the propensity for addiction is linked to differences in expression of genes for specific molecules in a specific brain region.

Genetics and specific brain regions are linked to sex differences in chimpanzees» scratching behavior, a common indicator of anxiety in humans and others primates, according to a research study led by Georgia State University that shows chimpanzees can be models of human mental illness.

These differences were found in parts of the DNA that turn genes on and off in specific brain regions, in this case a brain region important for spatial memory.

The epithet dogs even some functional MRI studies, which seek to link specific thought processes to corresponding regions of the brain by measuring moment - to - moment differences in blood flow.

A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has discovered that specific genes are linked to individual differences in brain anatomy in autistic children.

Moreover, these sex - specific behavioral differences are accompanied by sex differences in molecular signaling pathways in the striatum brain region.

Differences in intelligence have so far mostly been attributed to differences in specific braDifferences in intelligence have so far mostly been attributed to differences in specific bradifferences in specific brain regions.

In our study, we examined whether the role of specific brain regions for communication within and among brain modules varies with individual differences in intelligence, i.e., whether a specific brain region supports the information exchange within their own «family» more than information exchange with other «families», and how this relates to individual differences in intelligence.»

Functional magnetic resonance imaging has shown that mothers, but not fathers, have increased brain cortical activation in specific language processing areas when listening to infant - directed speech, suggesting that mothers have an intent to communicate and the difference in neural processing is experience - dependent.24 The mothers spoke more to infant girls than boys in early infancy.

Reported differences in the structure of a specific brain region (SDN - POA) between heterosexual and homosexual men.

Some of the other tests of brain structure and function were promising, but overall this study indicates that a specific change in nutrition is unlikely to make a large difference to people with Alzheimer's, even in the early stages.

«Based on our data, which is comprised of gene expression across 16 brain regions, we found that the most distinct region, i.e. the region where we observe more human - specific differences in gene expression, is the striatum, a region involved in motor coordination, reward, and decision - making,» lead author André M. Sousa of the Yale School of Medicine and the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience told Seeker.

In addition to previously mentioned differences (Figure 5b, c), we show that average modules corresponding to the ventral and dorsal attention brain regions are quite different than those found using module specific SI in Figure 4.

«Everyone from musicians to taxi drivers has differences in brain activity related to their specific skills,» Port said.

Most importantly, we do not yet understand the biological differences in the brains of dogs with specific behavior problems from the brains of behaviorally healthy dogs.

Differentiating authentic versus inauthentic parent - child conflict is not about identifying specific child behaviors, although the differences are evident in certain features of behavior, it's more about identifying the underlying brain states producing those behaviors.