News tagged with cerebral asymmetry
Peking man differing from modern humans in brain asymmetry
Paleoanthropologists studying the fossil endocasts of Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Neanderthals, and Homo sapiens have reported that almost all brain endocasts display distinct cerebral asymmetry. ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Brain detects happiness more quickly than sadness
Our brains get a first impression of people's overriding social signals after seeing their faces for only 100 milliseconds (0.1 seconds). Whether this impression is correct, however, is another question. Now an international ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Study finds some patients with cerebral palsy have asymmetric pelvic bones
Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers have discovered that most children with severe cerebral palsy have starkly asymmetric pelvic bones. The newly identified misalignment can affect how surgeries of the pelvis, spine ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Right-handers, but not left-handers, are biased to select their dominant hand
The vast majority of humans – over 90% – prefer to use their right hand for most skilled tasks. For decades, researchers have been trying to understand why this asymmetry exists. Why, with our two cerebral hemispheres ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 08, 2011 |
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What happens when we get angry?
When we get angry, the heart rate, arterial tension and testosterone production increases, cortisol (the stress hormone) decreases, and the left hemisphere of the brain becomes more stimulated. This is indicated ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 31, 2010 |
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New research discovers independent brain networks control human walking
In a study published in the August issue of Nature Neuroscience, researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland found that there are separate adaptable networks controlling each leg and there are also s ...
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Aug 07, 2007 |
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Bigger brain size matters for intellectual ability
Brain size matters for intellectual ability and bigger is better, McMaster University researchers have found.
Dec 22, 2005 |
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