The BRAIN Initiative will accelerate the development and application of new technologies that will enable researchers to produce dynamic pictures of the brain that show how individual brain cells and complex neural circuits interact at the speed of thought.
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Brain scans of psychopaths show areas of the brain that govern emotion in psychopaths aren't as active as a normal adult's.
She said 15 had shown signs of being severely affected at, or soon after birth, and it was possible the other 22 may also show signs of brain damage as they developed.
And although imaging studies show that middle-aged people may use different brain regions to do the same old tasks, cognitive tests show that apart from brute speed, the brain's abilities are not diminished in middle age.
In recent years brain scanners (which can show how active different parts of the brain are in response to various stimuli) have improved dramatically.
Brain scans show that skipping breakfast makes fatty, high calorie foods appear far more attractive later in the day, according to researchers.
In spite of this, rates of brain tumors in advanced industrial countries show no evidence of an increase in specific types of brain tumors.
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In studies, fully rested people show lots of activity in that part of the brain, while the sleep-deprived show little to no activity.
An autopsy is planned and is expected to show the extent of her brain injuries.
Brain scans also show that the patients' brains are more active than before.
Brain imaging studies show that investors as a whole get more and more used to big returns, and thus take bigger and bigger risks in a bull market--and then the bubble pops and stockholders start selling like mad.
You'd need to show that if you deactivate those brain areas experimentally people will think more innovatively.
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But studies using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) can show what's happening in the brain.
Imaging studies on depressed humans show shrinkage in their hippocampus, a brain region involved in learning, memory and emotion that is also a region where much neurogenesis occurs.
Brain-injured accident victims show a similar pattern, he notes.
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Melon's an EEG headband that taps into your brain's inner workings to show you how well you maintain mental focus.
Imaging studies show that the best readers have the most brain activity in the rear, instant-word-forming area when they read.
Unlike antidepressants, which take days to weeks to turn down brain anxiety centers (and to show clinical effect), Xanax and other benzodiazepines produce immediate relief.
The most severe complication of measles - occurring in only one in 100, 000 cases - is a slowly-progressive brain disorder which does not normally show until some time after the original infection, causing seizures and even death.
Fewer brain imaging scans when people faint but show no other signs of neurological disorder.
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Studies show surprise triggers the release of adrenaline in the brain that heightens memory formation.
Dr Singer said the research was the first time that brain imaging technology had been used to show how we empathise with the plight of others.
When Charles was diagnosed with brain cancer, Trayshaun and Nate shaved their heads as a show of support.
Through perceptual experiments, interactive games and illusions, the show is able to, in a sense, "hack your brain, " Silva said.
Scans also show that the temporal lobe, which contains the hippocampus, and another brain region called the posterior cingulate use less glucose than a normal brain, suggesting they have shut down.
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The man involved in the study was badly beaten six years ago, leaving him severely brain injured and in a minimally conscious state, in which patients show intermittent signs of awareness.
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That is, as the disease progresses in the brain, those who have a greater "reserve" do not show symptoms of Alzheimer's -- memory loss and impairment of day-to-day functions -- as quickly.
And it all started when a guest on King's show in 1993 announced he was suing a cellphone maker for giving his wife a fatal brain tumor.
New findings show that the streams of information provided by social networking sites are too fast for the brain's "moral compass" to process and could harm young people's emotional development.
Comparing it with adult specimens (the most famous of which is known as Lucy) should show the way that A. afarensis grew from childhood to adulthood, particularly the way the brain grew.
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