Sentences with phrase «specific effects on the brain»

Both types of training showed good efficacy, they said, yet it could not be demonstrated that neurofeedback has a specific effect on brain waves.
But it doesn't have specific effects on the brain.

Not exact matches

It followed 100 people aged 55 to 86 as they pursued a specific fitness regime, measuring the effects on their brains through tests and MRI scans.
«And research has shown that specific brain stimulation protocols can enhance cognitive performance, prompting us to investigate their effects on cognitive training.»
The research adds to a growing body of evidence underscoring how specific experiences are necessary to shape the developing brain, and how the absence of specific inputs can have long - lasting effects on perception, neural processing, and behaviour.
Morphine and its derivatives seem to exert their effects by binding to specific receptor sites on cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
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.
After the spill, these skulls were researched, presumably for the specific effects the gas had on the brain, at the nearby Hamidia Hospital.
«This would seem to refute — or at least make less likely — models in which the behavior effects are the result of direct physical action of parasites on specific parts of the brain,» Eisen wrote in a blog post about the research.
«These findings testify to the remarkable effect that specific situations thousands of years ago, situations of which we have no conscious memory, have on the functioning of our brains today,» said Miller.
Gozzi, A. * Schwarz, A., Reese, T., Bertani, S., Crestan, V., Bifone, A. Region - specific effects of nicotine on brain activity: A pharmacological MRI study in the drug - näve rat (2006) Neuropsychopharmacology, 31 (8), pp. 1690 - 1703
In effect, executive attention functions as a control tower for guiding the brain's higher - level cognitive processes to land on specific tasks and information.
His specific interests are concerned with the effects of early experience on brain and behavioral...
The paper goes a lot more in depth than that, it basically shows that you can enhance specific brain functions through playing video games and that this effect is so pronounced it even shows up on brain scans.
His specific interests are concerned with the effects of early experience on brain and behavioral development, particularly the effects of early biological insults and early psychosocial adversity.
Next, the primary research questions were addressed by examining the moderating effects of allelic group on task - specific brain activation.
However, research examining the direct effects of psychosocial deprivation on brain activity has identified significant effects upon glucose metabolism (5), functional MRI activity of specific brain regions (6), and EEG activity (7).
Even just the thought of giving money to a specific charity has this effect on the brain, research shows.
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