Sentence examples for brain activation and behavioural from inspiring English sources

However, the relationship between patterns of brain activation and behavioural performance is complex and somewhat difficult to interpret, particularly as it relates to gender differences (Bell et al. 2006; Speck et al. 2000).

Current fMRI techniques can localize brain activity, graphically display patterns of brain activation, and determine their intensity by color-coding the strength of activation.

Dr. Davidson said it was not clear what factors accounted for the differences in brain activation and immune response, but genetic and environmental influences might play a role.

Relationships between brain activation and clinical symptoms were also examined.

Due to this methodological constraint it was not possible to validate directly encoding-related effects on brain activation by corroborative behavioural effects.

The three most recent studies [ 28, 29, 36] and the study of Tanaka and colleagues [ 35] tried to link clinical improvement to changes in brain activation by using behavioural outcomes that were not only cognitive tasks but more related to daily functioning, individual goals, subjective complaints, or social skills.

Baglio and colleagues took this one step further to statistically relate the brain activation changes to the behavioural outcomes [ 29].

For the first time, the immediate functional MRI brain activation changes associated with these behavioural improvements were characterized.

However, Full Scale IQ was not found to be associated with brain activation in key regions or behavioural response, therefore in this instance we hypothesise it is unlikely that differences in BOLD signal between the groups may reflect potential differences in IQ.

A statistical approach to the relationship between intervention success on behavioural measures and brain activation changes was only made by one study [ 26].

After we become literate, we literally "think differently" about language: images of brain activation between literate and nonliterate humans bear this out.