Sentences with phrase «brain breaks by»

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«This can be done by telling a story, giving a demo, or doing something else that gives the brain a break.»

-- Between the brain and major organs the neck... How many movie and TV characters get killed by a broken neck (especially in spy flicks)?

My mouth is hanging open by the end of every episode: I've cried, I've laughed, I've had my brain broken.

The cosmic tide may at one time have seemed to be immobilized, lost in the vast reservoir of living forms; but through the ages the level of consciousness was steadily rising behind the barrier, until finally, by means of the human brain (the most «centro - complex» organism yet achieved to our knowledge in the universe) there has occurred, at a first ending of time, the breaking of the dykes, followed by what is now in progress, the flooding of Thought over the entire surface of the biosphere.

Why, as the white radiance comes through the dome, with all sorts of staining and distortion imprinted on it by the glass, or as the air now comes through my glottis determined and limited in its force and quality of its vibrations by the peculiarities of those vocal chords which form its gate of egress and shape it into my personal voice, even so the genuine matter of reality, the life of souls as it is in its fullness, will break through our several brains into this world in all sorts of restricted forms, and with all the imperfections and queernesses that characterize our finite individualities here below.

Dr. J. A. Hadfield, one of the most distinguished psychologists of my generation, in an essay on The Mind and the Brain argues on a scientific basis «that in the course of evolution the mind shows an ever - increasing tendency to free itself from physical control and, breaking loose from its bonds, to assert its independence and live a life undetermined except by the laws of its own nature.»

We all know by now that if the atomic combinations break down, or if the proper chemical reactions fail to take place, the cell will die or the brain (in which thought seems to dwell) will fail to function, and «mind» will be impaired or it may vanish altogether.

By the time I get off the phone with their call centers I feel like my brain is broken.

The brain responds by flushing the body with water to try and douse the flames, which is why after consuming a particularly hot Chile some people suddenly break into a sweat, their nose runs and their eyes start to stream.

But it also means there's none of the mind - melding brain - fog of ecstatic sleeplessness overlayed by the irrational fear that a bird is going to fly in through the window and take the baby hostage *, along with the never - ending ride on the hair - raising postnatal emotional rollercoaster, with happy joy followed with the deep panic that you have no idea what you're doing and are going to break them and why am I crying again?!.

The Brain Builders series breaks down developmental milestones month by month to create a series of monthly toys specifically tailored to help your infant achieve cognitive and physical skills within their first year through fun, interactive and connected play.

Because a teen's brain is seeking this new stimulation and can't always put the breaks on a bad idea, a friend's suggestion to «have fun» by painting graffiti on the high school is tempting, regardless of the consequences.

I will support anyone who will help to break the stranglehold that Noam and his little machine have on New Rochelle in which they divert school resources (brain power and money) to «their» schools and raise campaign cash by tapping into companies and individuals with business before the City government.

The insula, an area of the brain largely ignored by researchers, may hold the key to breaking harmful addictions

A research team, led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI - MUHC) in Montreal, has broken new ground in our understanding of the complex functioning of the brain.

Heat helps free up energy by softening foods, denaturing their proteins and breaking down toxins, Wrangham proposed, which is why cooking may explain human brain size as well as small canine teeth and small guts in comparison to other primates.

In DeepStack researchers have broken their poker losing streak by combining new algorithms and deep machine learning, a form of computer science that in some ways mimics the human brain, allowing machines to teach themselves.

Some bacteria pierce the imposing blood - brain barrier by breaking links in the chain; sneakier ones do it by fooling the guard cells.

They also showed in mice studies and in the laboratory that NCAM2 was broken down by another protein called beta - amyloid, which is the main component of the plaques that build up in the brains of people with the disease.

«By blocking this message, the mutant GlyRS enzyme causes the motor neurons to go into decline and even die, which breaks the connection between the brain and the muscles in the limbs.»

A team led by psychologist Jordan Grafman and neurologist Paolo Nichelli found that the overall strategy the brain uses for chess can be broken down into simpler functions and mapped to specific areas.

Humans carry a gene for a protein in cells called apolipoprotein E, which helps clear amyloid - beta from the brain by binding to it and breaking it down.

In neurons, though, such breaks can occur even under normal circumstances, for example, after increased brain activity, as shown by the team of Gladstone scientists in an earlier study.

Meanwhile, researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute have shown that noninvasive ultrasound can restore memory in mice with AD, by breaking apart the neurotoxic beta - amyloid plaques in the brain they think cause cognitive decBrain Institute have shown that noninvasive ultrasound can restore memory in mice with AD, by breaking apart the neurotoxic beta - amyloid plaques in the brain they think cause cognitive decbrain they think cause cognitive decline.

The Zurich University study, led by Dr. Thomas Baumgartner, «highlights the neural mechanisms through which oxytocin acts to facilitate trust behavior by investigating what happens in the brain when trust breaks down.»

By allowing quantitative measurements of blood flow and metabolism in regions of the brain, measurements that can be determined objectively, and they allow the complex behavioural patterns of humans to be broken down into their component processes.

Using a mouse model for this disease, which in humans involves the destruction of white matter in the brain, a research team led by Albee Messing, director of the UW — Madison Waisman Center, found that a protein behind the symptoms of the disease, called GFAP, is broken down more rapidly in the body than researchers previously found in cell culture studies.

Another wake - up call It turns out that prediabetes isnt really «pre» anything, according to Mark Hyman, MD, author of UltraMetabolism and The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First.

My brain had been a swirl trying desperately to fix something that was, by its very nature, broken.

But the researchers saw different patterns when they broke the group down by age: For patients younger than 65, symptoms worsened when the deep brain stimulation system was turned on; for older patients, the treatment seemed to slow down their decline over one year.

Taking breaks to do this throughout the day will make a huge difference by moving oxygen to the brain while maintaining proper lubrication and structural integrity in the spine.

In the absence of food, the body must release stored glucose to fuel the brain or create glucose by breaking down muscle tissue.

All carbohydrates are eventually broken down by the body into glucose, which is: — A universal fuel for most organs and tissues in our bodies — The only fuel source for our brain, red blood cells and a growing foetus, and — The main source of energy for our muscles during strenuous exercise

I mostly feel great, but my digestive system has been screwed up in several ways, so now I'm wondering if because I am not masticating my foods but rather sucking them through a straw in liquid form, this has caused the nutrients to not break down by stomach enzymes, or maybe my brain doesn't not realize that I am in fact ingesting foods because they are in liquid form.

If you're longing for carbs so badly that you feel your resolve to stay on the diet is breaking, it's possible to trick your brain that you're eating them by making approved foods look more like your starchy favorites.

These are drugs originally developed to help people overcome addiction by targeting the «reward» center of the brain, breaking the connection between it and the habit that's been over-exciting it, leading to addiction.

They are caused by processed low - quality foods breaking your brain, hormones, and gut.

Finally, because of the inactivation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (by the low insulin concentration), the glucose that is used by tissues outside the brain is largely only partially broken down to pyruvate and lactate, which can then be recycled in the liver trough gluconeogensis [7].

Rather, the body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose, which is carried to the brain through the blood stream and used immediately by nerve cells for energy.

by Dr. Hyla Cass, M.D. board - certified in psychiatry and integrative medicine and the author of Natural Highs and The Addicted Brain and How to Break Free

Or perhaps we're all broke and so turn to cutting down our cost - per - wear so we don't have to give up those sweet, short lived moments of retail therapy when our brains get hijacked by waves of designer endorphins?

Do that by going where there are great options in close proximity (West Town Mall); where caffeine, water and food is readily available (West Town Mall); and where you can always take a brain break and catch a movie (West Town Mall), all without having to move your car:) 3.

When the ragtag crew that found Atlantis returns to the underwater city to pick the brain of fearless leader Milo Thatch (voice of James Arnold Taylor; Michael J. Fox was the only actor from the original to bow out of this follow - up), everyone, including Milo's Atlantean girlfriend Kida (Cree Summer), ventures — on a quest for what, beats me — first to a ghost town in the Nordic mountains (where they battle a Verne - ian octopus called «The Kraken»), then to the American southwest (where an Indian elder plays that hilarious old joke where he threatens to kill them by summoning coyotes from Hell after they stave off a threat to his people), then to the home of philanthropist Preston Whitmore (John Mahoney), who was minding his own business one evening when a Viking demon broke in and stole his favourite Scandinavian spear.

Brain breaks, by switching the type of mental activity, shift brain communication to networks with fresh supplies of neurotransmitBrain breaks, by switching the type of mental activity, shift brain communication to networks with fresh supplies of neurotransmitbrain communication to networks with fresh supplies of neurotransmitters.

Brain breaks, by switching activity to different brain networks, allow the resting pathways to restore their calm focus and foster optimal mood, attention, and meBrain breaks, by switching activity to different brain networks, allow the resting pathways to restore their calm focus and foster optimal mood, attention, and mebrain networks, allow the resting pathways to restore their calm focus and foster optimal mood, attention, and memory.

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Breaking down what this important part of the brain does and how it works, will aid in visually designing elements by tapping into what your learners already know.

Key points to remember are that brain breaks last only a few minutes and, to avoid chaos and injury, they must be defined by safety rules.

Brain Breaks leads children in 5 - 7 minute segments of physical activity, demonstrated by OSU students and elementary school children from Corvallis, Oregon.

Called «Brain Breaks,» the DVD was developed and produced by the Healthy Youth Program of the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, and is available nationally.