TEEN BRAINS LACK IMPULSE CONTROL.(Editorial)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ......particularly in an area called the prefrontal cortex, which is critical to good judgment...these feelings is a function of the prefrontal cortex. This is the part that distinguishes...that glitters is not gold. Without a prefrontal cortex, it would be impossible to have societies...

Erosion of Belief and Disbelief: Effects of Religiosity and Negative...

The Journal of Social Psychology;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......investigated the effects of religiosity and negative affect on beliefs in the paranormal and supernatural...supernatural versus the paranormal but that negative affect would attenuate these beliefs. In...that belief in the supernatural and negative affect would interact to predict ...

Drinking to Cope with Negative Affect and DSM-IV Alcohol Use Disorders: A...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......dimensions that include: coping with negative affect, social facilitation, the enhancement...al., 1992b), drinking to cope with negative affect has been specifically hypothesized...demonstrated that drinking to cope with negative affect predicted a DSM-IV alcohol dependence...

NEGATIVE AFFECT AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH

Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......article integrating an understanding of negative affect states and cardiovascular health...descriptions, and physiology of five negative affect states of depression, learned helplessness...and unclear. Key words: depression, negative affect, cardiovascular, hopelessness, vital...

The Genius Engine: Where Memory, Reason, Passion, Violence, and Creativity...

Science News;  March 24, 2007 ;     166 words ......the Human Brain KATHLEEN STEIN The prefrontal cortex of the human brain has caught the...journalist, reveals the power of the prefrontal cortex and its role in human cognition...upcoming events. In essence, the prefrontal cortex gives us executive control over our...

BRAIN SCANS DRAW A DARK IMAGE OF THE VIOLENT MIND

The Boston Globe;  March 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ......particular part of the brain - the prefrontal cortex, which lies just behind the forehead...had lower glucose metabolism in the prefrontal cortex, a sign that this region was not...healthy people who suffer damage to the prefrontal cortex can become impulsive and antisocial...

WIRED FOR SADNESS.

Discover;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......psst--it may stem from your left prefrontal cortex), can we figure out how to fix it...closely observing come from the woman's prefrontal cortex, just behind her forehead. This palm-siz...lot of credit for this.' It's the prefrontal cortex that brings those emotions into play...

U. Iowa study finds cortex-behavior link

University Wire;  October 19, 1999 ;     509 words ......College of Medicine has found that the prefrontal cortex of the human brain may be the area...the field of brain science that the prefrontal cortex affects social behavior. Men and...insight into the study, as well as the prefrontal cortex. If a normal person says something...

Influences of positive and negative affect on decisions involving...

Social Behavior and Personality;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......examines the influences of positive and negative affect on decisions involving seven judgmental...relevant biases, it was hypothesized that negative affect would lead to more in-depth thinking...self-serving bias, it was hypothesized that negative affect would lead to more shallow ...

Sudoku's good for the brain Exercise benefits prefrontal cortex.

Columbia Daily Tribune;  March 18, 2007 ;     391 words ......of the frontal lobe and is known as the prefrontal cortex. The prefrontal cortex is like the control room of the human...control room is functioning. By working your prefrontal cortex, you could actually increase your intelligence...

LYRIC SHEETS

The Independent - London;  December 20, 2002 ;     249 words ......leave our heads The Rostromedial Prefrontal Cortex Rap I could do the Mashed Potato...music vortex But the rostromedial prefrontal cortex Aaoww! Give it up. Hughh! The rostromedial prefrontal cortex It sounds too cumbersome It sounds...

Human brain operates much like a digital computer

The Hindustan Times;  October 6, 2006 ;     357 words ......computer. O'Reilly has found that the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia in the human brain...Reilly said. "The neurons in the prefrontal cortex are binary - they have two states...on and off different parts of the prefrontal cortex," O'Reilly added. According to O...

The effects of prefrontal lesions on working memory performance and theory

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......experimental lesions of the monkey prefrontal cortex have played a predominant role in...functional organization of the lateral prefrontal cortex, especially with regard to working...ablations (e.g., dorsal vs. ventral prefrontal cortex). Such findings, which have accumulated...

Brains of Elderly Can Compensate to Remain Sharp, Study Indicates.

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  November 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ......otherwise underused left half of the prefrontal cortex of their brain in order to maintain...preferred usage of the right side of the prefrontal cortex. The researchers said that, although...increasing recruitment of the left prefrontal cortex. The evidence for compensatory brain...

U. Southern California profs study fear

University Wire;  November 30, 1999 ;     540 words ......scientists to study what roles the brain's prefrontal cortex and amygdala play in the storage...memories of fear are stored in the prefrontal cortex, the amygdala is required to process...recording chambers to monitor their prefrontal cortex activity. In the chamber, the mice...