News tagged with functional brain imaging
Early warning: Key Alzheimer's brain changes observed in unimpaired older humans
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Jul 29, 2009 |
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New research has uncovered an early disruption in the process of memory formation in older humans who exhibit some early brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) but show little or no memory impairment. The ...
Brain activity predicts people's choices
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Mar 24, 2009 |
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The activity in one brain structure can predict people's preferences, according to new research in the March 25 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that even when people rate options similarly, they will c ...
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Precuneus region of human and monkey brain is divided into 4 distinct regions
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 02, 2009 |
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A study published this week in PNAS provides a comprehensive comparative functional anatomy study in human and monkey brains which reveals highly similar brain networks preserved across evolution.
New research findings pave the way to more accurate interpretation of brain imaging data
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Aug 28, 2009 |
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a technique widely used in studying the human brain. However, it has long been unclear exactly how fMRI signals are generated at brain cell level. This information is crucially ...
Research Gives New Perspective On Brain Activities
Sep 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Victoria (Canada) researcher Phil Zeman has developed a new and less expensive procedure for analyzing EEG (electroencephalogram) data that identifies the location of special brain activities.
Intel wants a chip implant in your brain
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chip maker Intel wants to implant a brain-sensing chip directly into the brains of its customers to allow them to operate computers and other devices without moving a muscle.
New study finds healthy children of Alzheimer patients show early brain changes
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee have reported that children of Alzheimer's patients who are carriers of a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease have neurological changes that are detectable long ...
Cracking the brain's numerical code
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 24, 2009 |
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By carefully observing and analyzing the pattern of activity in the brain, researchers have found that they can tell what number a person has just seen. They can similarly tell how many dots a person has been presented with, ...
Differences in language-related brain activity affected by sex?
Feb 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Men show greater activation than women in the brain regions connected to language, according to researchers from CNRS, Université de Montpellier I and Montpellier III. This work is published in the ...
Deep brain mapping to isolate evidence of Gulf War syndrome
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are pioneering the use of spatial statistical modeling to analyze brain scan data from Persian Gulf War veterans, aiming to pinpoint specific areas of the their brains ...
I feel your pain: Neural mechanisms of empathy
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Is it possible to share a pain that you observe in another but have never actually experienced yourself? A new study uses a sophisticated brain-imaging technique to try and answer this question. The research, published by ...
Early scents really do get 'etched' in the brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Common experience tells us that particular scents of childhood can leave quite an impression, for better or for worse. Now, researchers reporting the results of a brain imaging study online on November 5th ...
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