(And for those who want to delve into the neuroscience, there's an interesting piece on the convergent evolution of intelligence in crows and apes, who, it seems,
use different brain structures to reason.)
Not exact matches
Using a microscope with a laser attached, they precisely cut the
brains into slices 20 micrometres thick and stained them to identify the
different brain structures.
A
different but also rapidly growing research direction deals with the
use of connectivity measures to link
brain structure and cognition.
Using a technology called VAST, which can automatically label individual neurons, glia, and blood vessels
different colors, as well as smaller
structures such as dendrites and mitochondria, the researchers analyzed the contents of three cylindrical chunks of
brain tissue, each no bigger than grains of salt.
They also
used brain imaging to measure the volume of
different brain structures among the youths.
Neuroscientist Jason Cooperrider and colleagues scanned Grandin's
brain using three
different methods: high - resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which captures the
structure of the
brain; diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a method to trace the connections between
brain regions; and functional MRI, which indicates
brain activity.
Scientists injected fluorescent molecules into about 150 mouse
brain structures and
used a high - resolution microscope to document the molecules as they moved through the
brain's «cellular highways,» which need to be in tip - top shape for
different parts of the
brain to communicate and coordinate behaviors.
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)-
used to document changes in the
brain's
structure over a period of time and allows the physician to study the connections between
different areas of the
brain
According to Prensky, one of the more radical consequences of this technology - rich environment is a hypothesized change in the
brain structure that means young people think,
use and process information [2] in
different ways compared to older generations, the digital immigrants.