Sentences with phrase «causes brain freeze»
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«Stress causes the brain intake systems to send information into the Reactive brain (automatic - fight, flight, freeze) and prevents information flow through to the Reflective higher thinking, conscious brain (prefrontal cortex) where long - term memory is constructed,» explains neurologist Judy Willis on Psychology Today.
Image courtesy of iStockphoto / Neurostockimages Eager eaters know that gulping a Slurpee or inhaling a sundae can cause that brief seizing sensation known in the not - so - technical literature as «brain freeze» or «ice cream headache.
A new Tel Aviv University study suggests a novel way of treating the affected areas of the brain that apparently cause freezing of gait.
This instantaneous reaction, the classic flight - fight - freeze response, is caused by a pair of almond shaped structures in the brain called the amygdala.
ACEs and their consequent effects on brain functioning may provoke a trauma response that causes students to «fight» (engage in violence or aggression), «take flight» (absenteeism; dropouts), or «freeze» (shut down; withdraw).
Research shows that ACEs can actually alter brain development and cause chemically toxic effects in the brain resulting in children remaining in a constant state of «survival mode» leading them to continuously have the fight, flight, or freeze response.
«Brain freezes» happen when cold foods are consumed too quickly, resulting in a temporary headache caused by the constriction and swelling of blood vessels.
When I was in college, one type of question was sure to cause a student's brain to freeze faster than an old Windows 95 computer: «What do you think...» I had a professor who asked that question quite often, and the students hated him.
The technical name for what is commonly called a brain freeze or ice - cream headache is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia; the pain is caused by the rapid cooling and rewarming of blood vessels (capillaries) in the sinus cavities above the roof of your mouth.
The reptilian brain can activate a freeze state in us that makes us go «numb», causes us to faint, or makes us become separate from our bodies, and this can be highly useful when we feel paralyzed by danger and are in no position to flee or fight.