gray matter
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she's got the gray matter to figure that equation out
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One study shows more gray matter in the portions of the brain that deal with attention, auditory processing, emotional stimulus, and recognition in the brains of people with high IQs than in the brains of the control group.
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Constance Grady, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
Brain scans showed those who received liraglutide lost nearly 50% less volume in the frontal, temporal, parietal and total gray matter − areas of the brain that control memory, learning, language and decision making.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
Our gray matter performs a bewildering mashup of overlapping functions, some widely distributed across the brain, others more localized.
—George Musser, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
In particular, loss of gray matter in the brain has been associated with dementia and mental health issues such as depression.
—Lauryn Higgins, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
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Constance Grady, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
Brain scans showed those who received liraglutide lost nearly 50% less volume in the frontal, temporal, parietal and total gray matter − areas of the brain that control memory, learning, language and decision making.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
Our gray matter performs a bewildering mashup of overlapping functions, some widely distributed across the brain, others more localized.
—George Musser, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
In particular, loss of gray matter in the brain has been associated with dementia and mental health issues such as depression.
—Lauryn Higgins, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Gray matter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20matter. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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