Sentences with phrase «of brain firing»

Normal patterns of brain firing are seemingly chaotic, but during a seizure, neurons synchronize and fire convulsively in parallel.

When an individual is not concentrating on a complex task, neurons in that part of the brain fire sporadically, constituting what Minzenberg calls the exploration mode.

Researchers say the blueberries» anthocyanins — pigments that give them their dark blue hue — may reduce inflammation and help the memory centers of the brain fire more efficiently.

Not exact matches

Instead, focus on small pleasures, like scheduling dinner with a friend at the end of a taxing workday, arranging for a massage at the end of the week or at the conclusion of a long business trip, or even relaxing with a mindless television program if your brain has simply been firing for too long.

«When your brain is firing off these synapses of anger, you're weakening your immune system; you're raising your blood pressure, increasing your risk of heart disease, obesity and diabetes, and a plethora of other negative ailments,» he says.

Letting two domains of knowledge that are usually alien to each other mix and mingle is a sure fire way to get your brain humming, so the idea of applying the thinking of anthropology to the world of start - ups isn't as strange as it appears at first blush.

Brain waves are electrical pulses that fire between masses of neurons, allowing those neurons to communicate with each other.

The $ 299 device measures brain electrical activity via 16 scalp sensors, which the company claims allow recognition of basic emotions and up to 30 specific thoughts, such as «lift this object,» «fire death ray,» or «fly forward.»

The chemical tells individual neurons to fire off a signal or not, influencing other brain signals and pathways, and essentially serves as a traffic cop of motivation, emotion, and social behavior.

As we age, that part of our frontal lobe fires less surely, impeded by another part of the brain responsible for what scientists call the «default mode,» which we use to daydream.

It is real to me because the firing of neurons in my brain stem are interpreted as real sensory data by my brain.

1) they are brain - dead ideologues, 2) there is a lot of money to be made off of stupid people looking for a scapegoat 3) if Limbaugh can make millions flaming the fires of ignorance and hatred, why ca n`t we?

Patterns in beasts» acts are the sole witness to a design by irony inspired: when scientists mapped how the neurons fired in the cortex of the brain when learning, on - screen a melody was coldly burning.

It's get's a bit less clear when you start to speak of «hope» for some future eternal resting place for the electrical impulses being fired in our brains that you like to call a «soul».

On naturalism, why is a rapist responsible for his actions if his thinking is the by - product of firings in his brain?

Schizophrenia is actually biochemical mis - firings of the brain, causing incomplete thoughts, delusions and hallucinations, thought to be caused by genetics, mostly.

He begins by noting that groups of neurons firing simultaneously produce complex interrelated patterns of brain waves within the electromagnetic field which is the brain itself.

But if our conceptualising depends on a material representation of a thing (say a neuron - firing sequence in the brain) it simply can not be universal knowledge.

According to neuropsychologist Tim Jennings from the Conquer Series, «Any type of repetitive behavior will create trails in our brain that are going to fire on an automatic sequence.»

According to neuropsychologist Tim Jennings, «Any type of repetitive behavior will create trails in our brain that are going to fire on an automatic sequence.»

I'm - fairly - certain that it was simply caused by the state of my brain going brain dead and firing off some relative paths.

It is the power I exercise over my brain, my whole nervous system, and indeed over my whole body, Of this power we may say, in a commonsense way and subject to later qualification, that I exercise it while acting; and that some neuron in my brain that fires in the course of the action, or some neural network through which a complex impulse passes, is subject to iOf this power we may say, in a commonsense way and subject to later qualification, that I exercise it while acting; and that some neuron in my brain that fires in the course of the action, or some neural network through which a complex impulse passes, is subject to iof the action, or some neural network through which a complex impulse passes, is subject to it.

God and spirituality are feelings created by the bio-chemical firing of neurons and connections within your brain and don't exist in objective reality.

The Virginia planter and Fire - Eater Edmund Ruffin, who in 1865 blew his brains out rather than live under Yankee rule, called Toussaint Louverture «the only truly great man yet known of the negro race.»

If Soledad O'Brien should be fired for unprofessional, biased, rude, condescending, intimidating, disrespectful, obnoxious journalism, please be advised that 95 % of present American journalist — big mouth, insulting, brain - dead Roland Martin being the leader — will ALL HAVE TO GO.

And anything that could up there chances to an eternity in the «lake of fire» will make them run from the brain.

On a scientific level, she would have known well enough that as she looked at her baby, a whole bunch of neurons firing on overdrive in her brain would be producing a set of chemical reactions and hormones, and that those would be contributing to the emotional urge to protect and care for her newborn son with every ounce of her being.

For example, the burning of the fire and the passage of heat from it through intervening space is the cause of the body, its nerves and its brain, functioning in certain ways.

We can compare the diverse tasks performed by a colony to the many proteins generated by gene transcription, to various cell types of a developing embryo, or to the firing patterns of neurons in the brain.

It is considered an inhibitory neurotransmitter, which means it regulates brain and nerve cell activity by inhibiting the number of neurons firing in the brain.

There are many reported benefits of medicinal mushrooms... I was first intrigued by the articles I read up on how mushrooms could help with focus (something I really struggle with as my creative brain fires off on all tangents!)

We first learned about Fiskars — the celebrated scissors brand, much loved by crafters — when Clay read Brains on Fire, an excellent book about word - of - mouth marketing.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

When the chocolate runs low, the crew reaches for the Turkish Pepper — a kind of spicy licorice ball that threatens to set fire to the brain if one makes the mistake of swallowing the candy whole.

we have become so reliant upon one individual to run the whole operation that our once relevant scouting department has become so stagnant that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once... when this occurs the management team, who by this juncture is little more than a congregation of spefically chosen «yes» men, making it incredibly difficult for new ideas to emerge and / or transfers / contract renegotiations to be dealt with in a timely and effective manner... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

El Guerrouj is alive with a kind of music when he runs, as if his contracting muscles were firing electrical impulses to his brain.

cba@66: By chance (or natural genius), you have positioned the two mirrors so they create a rudimentary hologram of the fire, which your brain interprets as a 3 - D image.

That's the magic of crawling - it's bilateral AND reciprocal, which means it challenges your baby's brain to fire on all cylinders.

And that just because our brain goes to the dark place or we feel pessimistic or we start to internally rage with the fire of a thousand suns, that doesn't mean we're horrible human beings who hate being parents.

But it's when you're depleted that you are more likely to join the fire with your own reptile brain instead of provide the calming, grown - up force to diffuse it.

Whether you're in need of great gifts for Christmas or birthdays or just want to get some tot's brain cells firing, consider these ideas smart investments in your child's future.

Bonding and attachment: Baby's brain also calms and all of the expected sensations are collected and fire pathways in the brain.

Right in these first minutes of life both emotional and social intelligence are being fired and wired into your baby's brain»

Resistance to stop using the brain cells that are currently firing within his or her head to find and engage some whole other set of brain cells necessary to make your request, no matter how valid it is, happen.

Kids love to learn by engaging all of their senses (which is also why I have a slight obsession with sensory play), by touching objects and using gross motor skills while acquiring information, their little brains are just firing like crazy.

«If you had people unwilling to take a 20 - minute free course to potentially save the long - term brain health of a child, they should not be coaching,» Burke fired.

One of the cops trapped in a Brooklyn apartment building fire allegedly set by a bored teen has been declared brain dead, sources said.

Looking inside the brains of animals exposed to chronic social defeat stress, the scientists observed hyperactive firing of neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a critical part of a reward circuit.

Every moment our eyes are open, those three flavors of cone fire off messages to the brain.

Brain rhythms arise when large groups of neurons fire together.