Sentences with phrase «trigger specific regions»

Higher functions, such as evaluating a concept or applying information we've learned trigger specific regions.

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A lack of dopamine receptors in a specific brain region could trigger increased compulsions, such as drug addiction

When we feel the stirring of romantic love or parental attachment, we are sensing a complex interplay of brain chemicals, triggering activity in specific regions of the brain.

This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the scientists have identified a genomic region through which BMP protein production is controlled, that is to say, the specific site that regulates the safety circuit triggered when adenomas are detected.

They were then asked to view a series of images especially selected to trigger an emotional reaction, while an MRI scan monitored their neural empathic response and measured the activation of specific cerebral regions.

While the specific vertical profiles of these variables differ from region to region, the study showed that the moisture and vertical velocity anomalies, occurring about one hour before the triggering of convection, are better predictors of the clouds» transition to deep convection.