Sentences with phrase «brain on alert»

But the second run puts the alarm systems inside my brain on alert.

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Your brain is on high alert and your senses are heightened, because you're taking in new sensations and feelings at a rapid rate.

It doesn't matter whether you are sleeping next to someone — if you feel isolated, that causes the brain to remain on alert.

The brain goes on high alert when the criticism begins, wiping out the memory of the praise that came before it, and heightening the impact of the negative feedback.

In the picture I also have a side of veggies and hummus to keep in the fridge for snacking on later to keep my brain fresh and alert!)

And when their immediate environment is in constant flux — when the adults in their orbit behave erratically or don't interact with them much — the child's brain and the stress - response systems linked to it are triggered to prepare for a life of instability by being on constant alert, ready for anything.

Interestingly, just days before the NFL's decision to suspend the use of impact sensors was announced, my local paper, The Boston Globe, came out with a powerful editorial in which it urged college, high school, and recreational leagues in contact and collision sports to consider mandating use of impact sensors, or, at the very least, experimenting with the technology, to alert the sideline personnel to hits that might cause concussion, and to track data on repetitive head impacts, which, a growing body of peer - reviewed evidence suggests, may result, over time, in just as much, if not more, damage to an athlete's brain, as a single concussive blow, and may even predispose an athlete to concussion.

This is because your newborn has a very quiet, alert state of mind at this point where breastfeeding is imprinted on baby's brain very well.

When the app identifies a hit which may cause traumatic brain injury, an audible and visual, color - coded visual alert (yellow, orange, or red) is triggered on the user's device so that an assessment for possible concussion can begin immediately on the sports sideline using a standard assessment tool (e.g. SCAT2) or the concussion symptom checklist displayed on the smart - phone.

And not caveman in the paleo diet sense, but that I couldn't sleep because my brain was on high alert in case we had to flee to a safer cave or something.

It turns out that alerting the system to contradictions relies on particular brain regions, especially one called the anterior cingulate cortex.

The brain was on high alert, continuing to look for any information that could determine when and if the pain would arrive.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / fotokon Although cocaine makes people feel more alert and on top of things in the moment, it can leave users vulnerable to a much slower brain in the long run.

We now know that when the brain drops its focus on the outside world but remains awake and alert (in other words, when it begins to daydream), it activates something called the default mode network, or DMN.

The upshot is that even when we are asleep, the same parts of our brains are on the alert for things to remember.

As long as the brain continues to perceive danger, the sympathetic nervous system triggers hormones to be released and the body remains revved up, activated, on high alert.

The amygdala in our brain is constantly fired up, on high alert, causing adrenal fatigue and a hyper - aroused central nervous system.

I felt very mentally alert during week 2 and I certainly didn't notice any brain fog or similar symptoms mentioned on some Ketogenic articles.

When a child is constantly on alert about her behavior, «it tires the basic stress response functions of the brain,» says Jones.

When their ears hear the music their brains immediately stand on alert and start soaking up the information.

Identifying blog posting topics in advance helps authors put their brain on high alert, searching for relevant ideas for upcoming blog posts while the authors are performing other daily activities.

This mystical story line about finding the missing pieces to a clock doesn't sound too original, but the clever twists and turns keep your brain cells on alert.

By setting a target and focus we are sending a message to our own brain to be on the alert for opportunities and connections.

We're still in the nascent stages of determining the effects of blue light on the eyes, but it is already well established that staring at screens late at night can have deleterious effects due to how they suppress melatonin production and keep the brain alert.

Whether because of post-traumatic stress disorder or the many adaptive behaviors that victims use instinctively in threatening situations, the traumatized brain is constantly on high - alert, particularly its lower regions, where survival instincts originate.