News tagged with functional magnetic resonance imagery
Computer simulations explain the limitations of working memory
Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet (KI) have constructed a mathematical activity model of the brain's frontal and parietal parts, to increase the understanding of the capacity of the working ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Revealing how experts’ minds tick
Primates, particularly humans, are set apart from other vertebrates by more than a huge expansion of the cerebral cortex, the region of the brain used for thinking. The connection and coordination of the cerebral ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Brain imaging provides window into consciousness
Using a sophisticated imaging test to probe for higher-level cognitive functioning in severely brain-injured patients provides a window into consciousness -- but the view it presents is one that is blurred in fascinating ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Watching others smoke makes smokers plan to light up
Seeing actors smoke in a movie activated the brain areas of smokers that are known to interpret and plan hand movements, as though they too were about to light a cigarette, according to a new study in the ...
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Jan 18, 2011 |
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Why humans believe that better things come to those who wait
New research reveals a brain circuit that seems to underlie the ability of humans to resist instant gratification and delay reward for months, or even years, in order to earn a better payoff. The study, published by Cell ...
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Apr 14, 2010 |
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No experience required: Category-specific brain organization in sighted and blind humans
A new study finds a surprising similarity in the way neural circuits linked to vision process information in both sighted individuals and those who have been blind since birth. The research, published by Cell Press in the ...
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Aug 12, 2009 |
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Imaging the hypnotized brain: Neural mechanisms of suggested paralysis
Although there is no doubt that hypnosis can impact the mind and behavior, the underlying brain mechanisms are not well understood. Now, new research provides fascinating insight into the specific neural effect of the power ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Disgusting videos key to first-ever brain imaging study comparing ways of controlling emotions
"Control yourself!" Most of us haven't heard that admonition since our last childhood tantrum. Nonetheless, it's something we often tell ourselves, consciously or not, as we deal with life's daily ups and downs. The ability ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 17, 2008 |
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MRI techniques evolving towards better assessment of liver fibrosis
[B]They could potentially replace liver biopsy[/B] MRI imagery is emerging as a non-invasive way to determine the existence and extent of hepatic fibrosis. It could eventually help the development of pharmacologic strategies to ...
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Body-mind meditation boosts performance, reduces stress
A team of researchers from China and the University of Oregon have developed an approach for neuroscientists to study how meditation might provide improvements in a person's attention and response to stress.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 09, 2007 |
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Brain imaging identifies best memorization strategies
Exploring exactly why some individuals' memory skills are better than others has led researchers at Washington University in St. Louis to study the brain basis of learning strategies that healthy young adults ...
Aug 03, 2006 |
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