Sentences with phrase «strengthening brain pathways»
We know that secure attachments and stimulation are significant aspects of brain development; play provides active exploration that assists in building and strengthening brain pathways.
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Exercise could strengthen some of the pathways our brain uses to relay signals for recent events, or boost the size of certain brain regions that are key for learning and storing memories.
When they receive this feedback, their brain works hard to deliver chemical nutrients to those pathways, strengthening them.
During the same experiment, they were also able to establish that the stimuli that were most effective in strengthening the synapses came from secondary, non-cortical brain regions rather than major cortical pathways (which convey actual sensory information).
Neuroimaging of the spinal cord will be used to assess how the combination therapy can strengthen connectivity of the pathway between the brain and injured spinal cord and how the improved connectivity explains gains in walking and balance function.
Although seemingly irrational, she is on a path toward increasingly riskier drug seeking behaviors, as the reward pathways in her brain are strengthened in support of actions that increase her drug exposure.
«There are a lot of pathways that still need to be explored, but basically, we can conclude that bringing focus and attention to the present moment and really exercising that non-judgmental attention [through mindfulness] seems to strengthen connections in the brain and then result in this kind of re-regulation of the body,» says Lindsay.
By keeping a consistent safe relationship and environment contained in the playroom, play therapists strengthen these new neural pathways in the brain.