News tagged with frontal cortex
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Brain splits to handle two jobs at once
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research has shown that the brain handles two tasks at once by dedicating half the brain to one task, and the other half to the second. This means it may not be able to effectively handle ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 16, 2010 |
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Transcendental Meditation activates default mode network, the brain's natural ground state
A new EEG study conducted on college students at American University found they could more highly activate the default mode network, a suggested natural "ground state" of the brain, during their practice of the T ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 04, 2010 |
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Eureka! Neural evidence for sudden insight
A recent study provides intriguing information about the neural dynamics underlying behavioral changes associated with the development of new problem solving strategies. The research, published by the Cell ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 12, 2010 |
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Evidence appears to show how and where frontal lobe works
(Physorg.com) -- A Brown University study of stroke victims has produced evidence that the frontal lobe of the human brain controls decision-making along a continuum from abstract to concrete, from front to ...
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Mar 02, 2009 |
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Neural mechanisms of abstract learning
A new study provides intriguing insight into the way that humans approach novel situations. The research, published in the April 29 issue of the journal Neuron, reveals neural mechanisms that underlie our remarkable abilit ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 28, 2010 |
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Traffic jam in brain causes schizophrenia symptoms
Schizophrenia waits silently until a seemingly normal child becomes a teenager or young adult. Then it swoops down and derails a young life.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Disconnect Between Brain Regions in ADHD
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two brain areas fail to connect when children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder attempt a task that measures attention, according to researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain and M.I.N.D. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Frontal lobe of the brain is key to automatic responses to various stimuli, say scientists
Some people may excel at riding a bike, tying a tie, or playing the piano, but those same people may find it difficult to explain or teach those skills to someone else.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Brain mechanisms for behavioral flexibility
New research provides insight into how the brain can execute different actions in response to the same stimulus. The study, published by Cell Press in the April 16 issue of the journal Neuron, suggests that i ...
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Apr 15, 2009 |
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Blood flows differently through the brains of schizophrenic patients
Researchers in Germany have used a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique called continuous arterial spin labeling (CASL) to map cerebral blood flow patterns in schizophrenic patients quickly and without using radiation ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 26, 2010 |
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New study of autism reveals a 'DNA tag' (methylation) amenable to treatment
A new discovery raises hope that autism may be more easily diagnosed and that its effects may be more reversible than previously thought. In a new study appearing online in The FASEB Journal, scientists have identified a way ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Hush little baby... Linking genes, brain and behavior in children
It comes as no surprise that some babies are more difficult to soothe than others but frustrated parents may be relieved to know that this is not necessarily an indication of their parenting skills. According to a new report ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Study pinpoints part of brain that suppresses instinct
Research from York University is revealing which regions in the brain "fire up" when we suppress an automatic behaviour such as the urge to look at other people as we enter an elevator.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Poll finds sexting common among young people
(AP) -- Think your kid is not "sexting"? Think again. Sexting - sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online - is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim ...
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Memory may decline rapidly even in stage before Alzheimer's disease
Memory and thinking skills may decline rapidly for people who have mild cognitive impairment, which is the stage before Alzheimer's disease when people have mild memory problems but no dementia symptoms, and even more rapidly ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 22, 2010 |
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