News tagged with frontal lobe
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Good conversation results in a 'mind meld'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers studying human conversation have discovered the brains of listeners and speakers become synchronized, and this "neural coupling" makes for effective communication. In essence, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Brain activity levels affect self-perception
(PhysOrg.com) -- The less you use your brain's frontal lobes, the more you see yourself through rose-colored glasses, a University of Texas at Austin researcher says.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Australopithecus Sediba could be direct ancestor of Homo
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last year Lee Berger from the University of the Witwatersrand and his team discovered the skeletal remains of two specimens they determined to be a new species of human called Australopithecus se ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 20, 2011 |
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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2009 |
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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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Faulty 'wiring' in the brain triggers onset of schizophrenia
A new study by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), King's College London has discovered abnormalities in the white matter of the brain that seem to be critical for the timing of schizophrenia. The study, led ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Blood test predicts chance of dementia
VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Belgium) researchers connected to the Born-Bunge Institute and the University of Antwerp discovered the amount of growth factor progranulin in blood is a predictor of Frontotemporal ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 06, 2009 |
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An underlying cause for psychopathic behavior?
Psychopaths are known to be characterized by callousness, diminished capacity for remorse, and lack of empathy. However, the exact cause of these personality traits is an area of scientific debate. The results of a new study, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Depressed? Fearful? It might help to worry, too
A new study of brain activity in depressed and anxious people indicates that some of the ill effects of depression are modified - for better or for worse - by anxiety.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Cognition Without Control
(PhysOrg.com) -- Kids' inability to filter out distractions is a good thing. In fact, it's precisely what makes them such prodigious learners of language.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Autism study reveals how genetic changes rewire the brain
Many gene variants have been linked to autism, but how do these subtle changes alter the brain, and ultimately, behavior?
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Familiar and newly learned words are processed by the same neural networks in the brain
Our vocabulary continues to grow and expand even in adulthood. Just ten years ago, the word 'blog' did not yet exist - and now we no longer remember when we heard this word for the first time or when we learned its meaning. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Monkeys like TV too, brain scan study finds
Humans are not the only primates that enjoy watching TV -- this was the discovery of a research team that monitored a monkey's brain activity while it watched TV and confirmed the animal was enjoying itself.
Jun 18, 2010 |
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