News tagged with functional magnetic resonance imaging

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Team describes findings from BCI study in spinal cord-injured man in PLoS One

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC describe in PLoS ONE how an electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a c ...

Neuroscience created Feb 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain research provides clues to what makes people think and behave differently

Differences in the physical connections of the brain are at the root of what make people think and behave differently from one another. Researchers reporting in the February 6 issue of the Cell Press journal ...

Neuroscience created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Response and recovery in the brain may predict well-being

(Medical Xpress)—It has long been known that the part of the brain called the amygdala is responsible for recognition of a threat and knowing whether to fight or flee from the danger.

Neuroscience created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brain activity predicts response to scopolamine

(HealthDay)—The neural response in the visual cortex while processing emotional information can predict which patients with major depressive disorder will respond to scopolamine, according to a study published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tests conducted on Israel's Ariel Sharon reveal significant brain activity

A team of American and Israeli brain scientists tested former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to assess his brain responses, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Surprisingly, Sharon showed ...

Neuroscience created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

fMRI study uncovers neural mechanism underlying drug cravings

Addiction may result from abnormal brain circuitry in the frontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls decision-making. Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science in Japan collaborating with colleagues ...

Neuroscience created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Connection error' in the brains of anorexics

When people see pictures of bodies, a whole range of brain regions are active. This network is altered in women with anorexia nervosa. In a functional magnetic resonance imaging study, two regions that are ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Learn to be more understanding by watching The Bachelor (this season, anyway)

A new USC study finds evidence suggesting that the brain works hard to understand those who have different bodies when watching them in action.

Neuroscience created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scanning the brain: Scientists examine the impact of fMRI over the past 20 years

Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest scientific quests of all time, but the available methods have been very limited until recently. The development of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)—a tool ...

Neuroscience created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New research reveals exactly how the human brain adapts to injury

For the first time, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging (CCBI) have used a new combination of neural imaging methods to discover exactly how the human brain adapts ...

Neuroscience created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How do happiness and sadness circuits contribute to bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder is a severe mood disorder characterized by unpredictable and dramatic mood swings between the highs of mania and lows of depression. These mood episodes occur among periods of 'normal mood', termed euthymia.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Food for thought: Ingredients and foods that give memory a boost

While there's no magic pill that protects and boosts memory, there are several foods that consumers can easily incorporate into their diets that can help.

Health created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study shows cognitive benefit of lifelong bilingualism

Seniors who have spoken two languages since childhood are faster than single-language speakers at switching from one task to another, according to a study published in the January 9 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Compared to the ...

Neuroscience created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Functional MRI can improve prediction of CBT success

(HealthDay)—Results of functional brain imaging can greatly improve prediction of which patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according to a study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuroscience study reveals new link between basic math skills and PSAT math success

(Medical Xpress)—New research from Western University provides brain imaging evidence that students well-versed in very basic single digit arithmetic (5+2=7 or 7-3=4) are better equipped to score higher on the Preliminary ...

Neuroscience created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0