Brain takes emotional sides for sexes.Men's and women's brains may adopt different approaches to fostering memories of emotional experiences, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the January NEUROBIOLOGY Neurobiology Study of the development and function of the nervous system, with emphasis on how nerve cells generate and control behavior. The major goal of neurobiology is to explain at the molecular level how nerve cells differentiate and develop their OF LEARNING AND MEMORY. The amygdala amygdala /amyg·da·la/ (ah-mig´dah-lah) 1. almond. 2. an almond-shaped structure. 3. corpus amygdaloideum. a·myg·da·la n. pl. , an almond-shape structure found on each side of the inner brain, appears to handle emotionally charged memories exclusively in the right brain side for men and solely in the left brain side for women, says a team of neuroscientists led by Larry Cahill of the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine. The researchers plan to look for additional neural structures and connections linked to emotional memories in each sex. In the new study, 11 men and 11 women watched two documentary films, one containing emotionally neutral images and the other showing material meant to elicit fear and other negative feelings. During each viewing, a positron emission tomography positron emission tomography: see PET scan. positron emission tomography (PET) Imaging technique used in diagnosis and biomedical research. (PET) scanner tracked brain activity by measuring how much sugar was consumed by cells throughout the brain. While the location of amygdala activity differed for men and women, the sexes reported comparable emotional reactions to each film and showed similar memories for film content 3 weeks later. --B.B. |
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