Sentences with phrase «unique brain structure»

His findings indicate that there is no single and unique brain structure for any form of belief, including religious belief.
«The amygdala is a unique brain structure in that it grows dramatically during adolescence, longer than other brain regions, as we become more socially and emotionally mature,» study senior author Cynthia Schumann said in a university news release.

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Firstly, studies show that grapes help protect the nervous system, due to the unique structure of its antioxidants that allow them to penetrate through the selectively - permeable brain membrane.
If our results are confirmed in future studies, it would be a unique demonstration of convergent evolution of intelligence, involving the same neurotransmitter receptors despite the widely different brain structures of birds and mammals.»
«Additionally, we have shown that the Zika virus contains structures that are unique from the viruses in the same family that affect brains, such as the West Nile virus, and also those that cause fever, such as the dengue virus.
(b) The University of California is requested to utilize California's unique collaborative research environment by convening stakeholders from public and private research institutions, national laboratories, biotechnology and high technology companies, and venture capital firms to develop the governing structure for the Cal - BRAIN program.
October 18, 2011 Young human - specific genes correlated with brain evolution Young genes that appeared since the primate branch split from other mammal species are expressed in unique structures of the developing human brain, a new analysis finds.
Two major reasons for this view are (1) the strong similarities between monkeys and humans in social behavior, endocrine function, brain structure, and degree and duration of mother - infant nurturance (Harlow and Zimmerman 1959; Kalin and Shelton 2003; Mendoza and Mason 1997), or, in the unique case of titi monkeys, the extent of biparental care (Hennessy 1997); and (2) the extent to which monkeys fulfill Ainsworth's criteria of attachment (Ainsworth 1972), namely, unequivocal distress upon complete separation from the attachment figure and alleviation of this distress (both behavioral and physiological) upon reunion / interaction with the attachment figure (Mendoza and Mason 1997).
The brain expects that it will acquire grammar and already has dedicated brain systems and structures ready to acquire the grammar of language, but each specific language will have its own unique grammatical structure.
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