News tagged with brain structure
Related topics: brain , brain regions , magnetic resonance imaging , hippocampus , brain function
Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks
(PhysOrg.com) -- Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. In a study that will appear in the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Meditation increases brain gray matter
Push-ups, crunches, gyms, personal trainers -- people have many strategies for building bigger muscles and stronger bones. But what can one do to build a bigger brain? Meditate.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 12, 2009 |
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Political views are reflected in brain structure
We all know that people at opposite ends of the political spectrum often really can't see eye to eye. Now, a new report published online on April 7th in Current Biology reveals that those differences in political orientation are ti ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2011 |
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Japan bio-scientists produce 'singing mouse'
Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had produced a mouse that tweets like a bird in a genetically engineered "evolution" which they hope will shed light on the origins of human language.
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Baby brain growth mirrors changes from apes to humans
A study undertaken to help scientists concerned with abnormal brain development in premature babies has serendipitously revealed evolution's imprint on the human brain.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 12, 2010 |
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54-million-year-old skull reveals early evolution of primate brains
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Winnipeg have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of our earliest ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Seeing without looking
Like a spotlight that illuminates an otherwise dark scene, attention brings to mind specific details of our environment while shutting others out. A new study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Scientists discover area of brain that makes a 'people person'
Cambridge University researchers have discovered that whether someone is a 'people-person' may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 20, 2009 |
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Culture wires the brain: A cognitive neuroscience perspective
Where you grow up can have a big impact on the food you eat, the clothes you wear, and even how your brain works. In a report in a special section on Culture and Psychology in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a jour ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Study reveals how taking an active role in learning enhances memory
Good news for control freaks! New research confirms that having some authority over how one takes in new information significantly enhances one's ability to remember it. The study, in the journal Nature Ne ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Hyperactive nerve cells may contribute to depression
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have identified hyperactive ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Scientists discover anti-anxiety circuit in brain region considered the seat of fear
Stimulation of a distinct brain circuit that lies within a brain structure typically associated with fearfulness produces the opposite effect: Its activity, instead of triggering or increasing anxiety, counters ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Stress may cause the brain to become disconnected
Does stress damage the brain? In the March 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, a paper by Tibor Hajszan and colleagues provides an important new chapter to this question.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Binge drinking adolescent monkeys' brains seriously damaged by alcohol
(PhysOrg.com) -- Binge drinking is increasing in adolescents, and new research has shown long-lasting damage to an important area in the brains of adolescent monkeys after binge alcohol consumption, and suggests binge drinking ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Scientists selectively erase fear memories and gain insight into how the memory works
(PhysOrg.com) -- It may sound like something out of a science fiction movie - but bad memories can be erased in mice and this finding sheds light into how memories are normally encoded and stored in the brain. In a study ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 12, 2009 |
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