Sentences with phrase «negative brain state»

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One study1 at the University of Miami found that when people have a negative mood state, it interferes with their brain's working memory, causing lapses in critical thinking.

The Canadian Paediatric Society and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health have publicly stated that marijuana is not harmless and can have negative effects on the brain, especially young brains.

Examining the overall organization of the brain network using graph analysis, we show a strong negative association between the normalized characteristic path length λ of the resting - state brain network and intelligence quotient (IQ).

Furthermore, it was much harder to bring the sleep deprived subjects brains back to a normal (not so negative) state.

In order to understand the importance of learning how to beat depression and improve your thought processes — you need to know that chronic negative emotional states and poor brain function can lead to more serious neurodegenerative diseases.

«Most beneficial mental states wash through the brain like water through a sieve,» says Hanson, «while negative mental states... get stuck in our brains forever.»

It's easy for people to dwell on negative affective states because, according to neuroscientists, there are more neural networks in the brain associated with negative affect than with positive affect (Baumeister, Bratslavsky, Finkenauer, & Vohs, 2001); some scientists even speculate that these may be in the ratio of 5 to 1.

According to the principle of exaggerated negative induction the surrounding arrangements will, in the case of the brain - damaged patient, be in a relatively intense state of inhibition.

He further remarks in his Ted Talk that a brain that is in a positive state performs better than at neutral, negative, or stressed.