Sentences with phrase «studied electrical activity»

Among other things, the decade - long mission aims to develop new technologies for studying the electrical activity of the brain in action.

Future research will use this imaging technique to study electrical activity in mouse brains as they perform tasks, helping correlate brain activity to behavior.

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Dr. Laurie Helgoe cites several studies in which researchers compared the two and found that introverts generally have higher levels of electrical activity in the cerebral cortex, which may explain why they limit external stimulation so as to maintain an appropriate level of arousal.

Also there is evidence of molecular mechanisms in the cell membranes that can amplify small changes in the field to produce large changes in neural activity.13 On the other hand, earlier tests of Kohler's theory found that interference with electrical gradients over the cortex had no effect on behavioral measures (see note 11 for reference to these studies).

Charles Walcott, a neurobiologist at Cornell University, says he's «always a little suspicious» of electrical brain activity studies, because it can be difficult to tease out what's sleep and what isn't.

In a study that is now legend, cognitive scientist Benjamin Libet asked people to press a button whenever they felt like it while he monitored the electrical activity in their brains.

Researchers studying the brain have long been interested in its neural oscillations, the rhythmic electrical activity that plays an important role in the transmission of information within the brain's neural circuits.

The main problem is that it is extremely difficult to measure electrical activity deep inside the brain of a living person, and differences between the brains of living people and those of the animals and cadavers that previous studies have used are significant.

At least one study suggests that in cluster headache sufferers this hypothalamus - adjoining region may differ not only in its electrical activity but also in its interactions with other parts of the brain.

Results showed that, among study participants with asymmetry in temporal lobe high frequency electrical activity, those with right compared to left side asymmetry had higher resting heart rates and other changes suggesting that the cardiovascular system may be less capable of adapting to shifting circumstances.

Turns out, it serves another purpose: A lack of water flowing over the gills decreases electrical activity there that can betray the cuttlefish's presence to foraging sharks, a new study suggests.

Meck has found support for his model by recording the electrical activities of neurons and in other researchers» studies on people with a skewed sense of time.

The team embarked on a massive brain imaging study: Across 9 UK laboratories (University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow, University of Kent, University College London, University of Oxford, University of Stirling, and University of York), 334 participants — 10 times the original amount — read sentences that were presented one word at a time, while electrical brain activity was recorded at the scalp.

A new study confirms that thunderstorms are linked to outbreaks of asthma, and researchers suggest that the storms» airflow patterns are to blame rather than other contenders such as thunder, electrical activity, or rain.

Our studies help us to understand how the nerve cells in the entorhinal cortex operate and how electrical activities might get interrupted in this area of the brain.»

In a typical individual, the EEG records a spike in electrical activity about 170 milliseconds after she sees a face — which previous studies have found corresponds to the moment of recognizing a face over some other kind of object.

By testing cycling time to task failure (TTF) in a group of 12 active participants in a placebo controlled study, Dr Mauger discovered that stimulating the brain by passing a mild electrical current (transcranial direct current stimulation or tDCS) over the scalp to stimulate it increased the activity of the area associated with muscle contraction.

For this proof of concept study, the scientists analyzed rodent cells» electrical activity for up to 30 days, reporting that the cells displayed characteristics and changes mimicking physiological responses described in literature.

Such studies could guide still - experimental therapies such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, which aims to suppress or boost brain activity in targeted areas through electrical currents.

Just three to five minutes spent looking at views dominated by trees, flowers or water can begin to reduce anger, anxiety and pain and to induce relaxation, according to various studies of healthy people that measured physiological changes in blood pressure, muscle tension, or heart and brain electrical activity.

Previous studies have shown that when a typically developing 20 - month - old child hears a word that she doesn't know, a characteristic uptick in brain waves in the left hemisphere of the brain can be detected through electroencephalography (EEG), a noninvasive method of measuring the brain's electrical activity.

Monitoring networks of electrical brain activity holds promise for understanding not only depression, but other forms of mental illness as well, said Conor Liston, an assistant professor of neuroscience and psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine who was not involved in the study.

The investigators studied the effects of ∆ 9 - THC on electrical brain activity in 24 human subjects who participated in a three - day study during which they received two doses of intravenous ∆ 9 - THC or placebo in a double - blind, randomized, cross-over, and counterbalanced design.

Dr. Forrest conducts mobility research at Kessler Foundation, where in addition to Ekso, she studies the effectiveness of activity based therapies for recovery of function including electrical stimulation, and the LokomatPro v6 (Hocoma), a robotic treadmill training device.

«This study provides proof - of - concept experiments, in large animal models, that a small, miniaturized device can be safely implanted in the brain and provide miniaturized control of the electrical activity and function of single neurons or small groups of neurons.

When a patient with epilepsy experiences increased electrical activity in the brain, or seizures, this could be associated with an increase in a range of behaviors, such as hyper - sexuality, hypergraphia (an intense desire to write), hyper - morality and hyper - religiosity, explained Brick Johnstone, professor of health psychology at Missouri University and lead researcher on the study.

Prior to the study, scientists had observed synchronous patterns of electrical activity between the two circuit hubs after a monkey saw an object, but weren't sure if the signals actually represent such short - term visual memories in the brain.

His studies, ranging from molecular experiments to clinical trials, have generated comprehensive evidence for the efficacy of omega - 3 in preventing cardiac sudden death and established the mechanism by which omega - 3 fatty acids can reduce cardiac arrhythmia by interacting with membrane ion channels and stabilizing the electrical activity of heart cells.

In a series of electrophysiological studies, Zoghbi's team further found that neurons from animals with depleted MECP2 levels have reduced electrical activity due to a smaller number of excitatory synapses, whereas cells from animals carrying an extra copy of the gene have increased electrical activity because of an increase in synapse number.

Another study found that earthing changed the electrical activity in the brain, as measured by electroencephalograms.

In a study of 57 people at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston, Cerruti manipulated activity in the nonverbal part of the brain by using direct electrical stimulation and then tested participants» verbal activity.

In a study published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 22 young adults had functional MRI scans of their brains to monitor activity when they were shown that electrical shocks were being sent to themselves, a friend, or stranger.

To use my knowledge of electrical engineering to support engineering teams in meeting their business objectives and to help in preparing various engineering reports, estimates and proposals based on calculations and studies of various engineering activities.

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