News tagged with functional magnetic resonance

Jul 20, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (59) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered how a 10-year-old girl born with half a brain is able to see normally through one eye. The youngster, from Germany, has both fields of vision in one eye and is the ...

Intel wants a chip implant in your brain

Technology / Hi Tech

Nov 23, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (26) | 44

(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.

Matter in hand: Jugglers have rewired brains

Oct 11, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (22) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Learning to juggle leads to changes in the white matter of the brain, an Oxford University study has shown.

What is 'Real'? How Our Brain Differentiates Between Reality and Fantasy

Mar 23, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (22) | 24

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people can easily tell the difference between reality and fantasy. We know that characters in novels and movies are fictitious, and we also understand that historical figures - even if ...

Readers build vivid mental simulations of narrative situations, brain scans suggest

Jan 26, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (10) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new brain-imaging study is shedding light on what it means to "get lost" in a good book — suggesting that readers create vivid mental simulations of the sounds, sights, tastes and movements ...

Brain abnormality found in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Mar 17, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (11) | 9

Researchers trying to uncover the mechanisms that cause attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder have found an abnormality in the brains of adolescent boys suffering from the conditions, but not where ...

Echoes discovered in early visual brain areas play role in working memory

Feb 18, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (9) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered that early visual areas, long believed to play no role in higher cognitive functions such as memory, retain information previously hidden from brain studies. ...

Study finds brain hub that links music, memory and emotion

Feb 24, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (7) | 0

(Physorg.com) -- We all know the feeling: a golden oldie comes blaring over the radio and suddenly we're transported back — to a memorable high-school dance, or to that perfect afternoon on the beach with ...

Women's brains recognize, encode smell of male sexual sweat

Jan 08, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (7) | 1

A new Rice University study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that socioemotional meanings, including sexual ones, are conveyed in human sweat.

Future angst? Brain scans show uncertainty fuels anxiety

Aug 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has spent a sleepless night anguishing over a possible job loss has experienced the central finding of a new brain scan study: Uncertainty makes a bad event feel even worse.

Imaging the hypnotized brain: Neural mechanisms of suggested paralysis

Jun 24, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 0

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 ...

People who wear rose-colored glasses see more, study shows

Jun 03, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 4

A University of Toronto study provides the first direct evidence that our mood literally changes the way our visual system filters our perceptual experience suggesting that seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses is ...

Decoding short-term memory with fMRI

Feb 21, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

People voluntarily pick what information they store in short-term memory. Now, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers can see just what information people are holding in memory based ...

Psychologist identifies area of brain key to choosing words

Dec 24, 2008 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

New research by a Rice University psychologist clearly identifies the parts of the brain involved in the process of choosing appropriate words during speech.

I feel your pain: Neural mechanisms of empathy