brain activity

Brain activity during event, failed recollection similar

harminka — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:23:25 -0500

A woman looks familiar, but you can't remember her name or where you met her. New research by UC Irvine neuroscientists suggests the memory exists – you simply can't retrieve it.

Language performance differences in brain activity possibly affected by sex

harminka — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:02:13 -0600

In a new fMRI study conducted in the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Clinical Research Laboratory (Montpellier I University, France) and published by Elsevier in the February 2009 issue of Cortex, researchers found differences among male and female groups on activation strength linked to verbal fluency (words generation).

Brain activity in schizophrenia may cause exaggerated focus on self

harminka — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:34:08 -0600

Schizophrenia may blur the boundary between internal and external realities by overactivating a brain system that is involved in self-reflection, and thus causing an exaggerated focus on self, a new MIT and Harvard brain imaging study has found.

Study sheds light on facial preferences

harminka — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:59:25 -0600

Scientists have long known that women's preferences for masculine men change throughout their menstrual cycles. A new study from Indiana University's Kinsey Institute is the first to demonstrate differences in brain activity as women considered masculinized and feminized male faces and whether the person was a potential sexual partner.

Learning to shape your brain activity

harminka — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:39:21 -0500

A study in the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that the successful manipulation of sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) amplitude by instrumental SMR conditioning (ISC) improved sleep quality as well as declarative learning. ISC might thus be considered a promising non-pharmacological treatment for primary insomnia.

Brain activity encodes reward magnitude and delay during choice

harminka — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:52:12 -0500

Good things may come to those who wait, but research has proven that humans and animals actually prefer an immediate rather than a delayed reward.

Film content, editing, and directing style affect brain activity

harminka — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:50:03 -0500

Using advanced functional imaging methods, New York University neuroscientists have found that certain motion pictures can exert considerable control over brain activity. Moreover, the impact of films varies according to movie content, editing, and directing style.

Computer model reveals how brain represents meaning

harminka — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:02:41 -0500

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have taken an important step toward understanding how the human brain codes the meanings of words by creating the first computational model that can predict the unique brain activation patterns associated with names for things that you can see, hear, feel, taste or smell.

Unconscious decisions in brain

harminka — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:49:10 -0500

Already several seconds before we consciously make a decision its outcome can be predicted from unconscious activity in the brain. This is shown in a study by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, in collaboration with the Charité University Hospital and the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin.

Being compassionate useful

seher — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:07:47 -0500

A new study shows practicing kindness and compassion through regular meditation actually activates the brain and makes people more empathetic to others.

Regulation of negative emotions, Impact on brain activity

harminka — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:46:27 -0500

Emotions play an important role in the lives of humans, and influence our behavior, thoughts, decisions, and interactions. The ability to regulate emotions is essential to both mental and physical well-being.

Nature or nurture - why do some of us see red?

seher — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:29:57 -0500

University of Manchester researchers are investigating why some people remain calm in the face of life's niggles, while others 'flip' with little provocation.