Sentences with phrase «on brain capacity»

In a charming but clumsy manner, we are set up for the whole story early on by intercuts to a lecture by professor Norman (Freeman) on brain capacity.

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I ride longer distances on my bike, can do more pull - ups than ever, and my brain seems to have a larger capacity for new projects, problem solving, songwriting, and fielding random questions.

By choosing positive mental models about themselves, top executives draw on the brain's extraordinary capacity to deliver on our beliefs and create positive outcome.

Because girls» capacity for language (located primarily in the left brain) matures earlier than boys», they rely more on verbal skills in solving problems, including nonverbal problems such as spatial tasks.

Religion distracts people, it sedates the brain and diminishs its capacity to think original thoughts and it keeps intuition from engaging and pushing back against the lies, the abuse, the harm and the evil we allow those who perpetrate the deception to inflict on us.

Simple... because I believe in a God who placed the moral code of love on my heart and gave me a brain with the capacity to identify that which does not fit.

There is no evidence that any man's intellect on earth today is equal to Aristotle's, nor do we know with any surety that the brain capacity of mankind as a whole is greater now than it was in the Ice Age.

But despite thinking about trying to win the race and how to lap Massa, Vettel still had enough reserve brain capacity to give the Brazilian a little message on his way past:

Birthing practices that isolate women from their innate capacity to birth can interfere with these behaviours because women then focus on breastfeeding as a left brained activity when actually research has shown us it is more of a right brained activity (Smilie 2008).

These clear connections between the capacity to experience particular emotions and brain function, on the one hand, and between brain function and morality on the other, cement the inextricable nature of our neurochemistry and our moral / socio - emotional capacities.

«That you Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki whilst being National Security Adviser and Shaibu Salisu, whilst being the Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser on or about 12th December 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, and in such capacities entrusted with dominion over certain properties to wit: N90million which was in the account of the ONSA with Diamond Bank Plc, committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said property by remitting the said sum into the account of Brains and Hammers Limited for the purchase of 7 - bedroom duplex house at No. 11 Mansur Bamalli Drive (D1064), Apo 1 Abuja and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Vol.4, LFN 2004.

Nor can such machines equal the human brain's capacity to learn from experience and make predictions based on memory.

To do those things, the program relies on «deep neural networks» — computer programs that mimic the connections of neurons in the brain and have the capacity to learn, as the team reports online today in Nature.

This was a presentation given by Tom Schoenemann of the University of Michigan at Dearborn, and what he did was to survey cranial capacity and body weight data, so brain size and body weight data for a bunch of modern humans and also [a] fossil one, and he plotted all of this on a graph and he determined that the brain size of the Flores hominid relative to her body size more closely approximates that what you see in the Australopithecines, which are much older, you know.

But the new finding suggests that while young brains have an extraordinary capacity to recover, there might be limits on which areas can pinch - hit.

Similar to sport and physical activity, drugs for treatment of depressions act on the brain's capacity to absorb serotonin.

This means that chimps have greater limitations on the ways in which their brains can develop and on their capacity to learn new behaviors or skills compared with humans.

The researchers said that advanced paternal age, as they call it, has also been linked to an increased risk of birth defects, cleft lip and palate, water on the brain, dwarfism, miscarriage and «decreased intellectual capacity.»

«The human brain varies in size from about 700cc to about 2000cc» he says on p 83 [therefore a fossil with a capacity of only 700cc is a perfectly normal human, see?]

During my PhD, I focused on experience - dependent plasticity in brain structure and olfactory learning capacities.

Morton took detailed measurements of these skulls with a particular focus on cranial capacity, the skeletal equivalent of brain size [8]--[10].

As most of the adult cranial capacity is reached by age 10 or 11, it is likely that the adult ECV of WT 15000 would be no more than about 1000 - 1050cc, which is still well within the modern human range of about 800 - 2000cc.19 On the same page Jue points out that a brain capacity of 1400cc applies to the Vertesszöllos erectus specimen which is dated at around 350kya (kiloyears ago = thousands of years).

The brain scans revealed that people with a lower exercise capacity — defined as the amount of time people could exercise on the treadmill before their heart rate hit a certain threshold — in midlife were more likely to have smaller brains years later, compared with people who had high fitness levels in middle age.

In his capacity of practicing telemedicine for mental illnesses, Dr Dave will request tests which will analyze the client's brain chemistry based on nutrient levels (please see our Blog section for interesting articles and descriptions of these various nutrients and their effects on our brains and overall health!).

It has beneficial effects on neurons, repairing them from damage induced by some states such as high blood sugar, and can also be used as a brain booster due to its effects at increasing alertness, mitochondrial capacity, and neuron activity.

Dr. Hardy posits that, based on archaeologic, anthropologic, genetic, and physiologic data, it was actually the coevolution of cultural use of fire, cooked starch, and salivary / pancreatic amylase that afforded the brain the capacity for a quantum leap in evolution.

According to an article on Psychology Today.com, «the word but allows you to take fewer risks, delay making vital changes, avoid intimacy, resist suggestions, rationalize the status quo, numb your brain with chemicals or mindless entertainment, and decrease your capacity to see opportunities and different points of view.»

To avoid spoilers, let's just say Mr. Jang imposes his will on Lucy, and she ends up overdosing on a new, neon - purple drug that allows her to use more than 10 % of her brain's capacity, the ceiling that no human has yet to exceed.

This cinemagoer can't actually work out what on earth the whole thing is about - grinding poverty in Trump's America, children's capacity to have fun in unlikely circumstances, total lack of anything resembling a brain in lower - echelon US society, or whatever?

It first came to me when I was working on Win Win, and I had to pass because I didn't have the brain capacity for it.

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Karl might be a simpleton but that doesn't mean there's not a lot going on in inside of his brain, no matter its capacity.

Thinking back on this, I was at a loss to explain why my kid brain — which had a bottomless capacity to suspend disbelief — wanted to see a «real» purple - and - black dragon spit green flames at a «real» prince, or a «real» wooden boy sprout donkey ears, until earlier this week, when a piece of clickbait unveiling the «real» Lumière and Cogsworth from the upcoming Beauty and the Beast jogged my memory: ghoulish curiosity.

On the basis of research in several disciplines, including the study of how human capacities are represented in the brain, I developed the idea that each of us has a number of relatively independent mental faculties, which can be termed our «multiple intelligences.»

Howard Gardner: «Multiple Intelligences» Are Not «Learning Styles» The Washington Post, October 16, 2013 «On the basis of research in several disciplines, including the study of how human capacities are represented in the brain, I developed the idea that each of us has a number of relatively independent mental faculties, which can be termed our «multiple intelligences.»

Meanwhile, Bruno della Chiesa continues to work in the neuroscientific field as a guest editor for the Mind, Brain, and Education journal, and has embarked on new endeavors which deal, among other things, with future international perspectives in math and science education as related to civics (in his capacity as Head of International Studies, ZNL Ulm University, Germany).

Gardner further explains his theory: «On the basis of research in several disciplines, including the study of how human capacities are represented in the brain, I developed the idea that each of us has a number of relatively independent mental... Read more

We are a young species with a short memory and only slowly - dawning awareness of three vital pieces of the challenge of meshing our aspirations with life on Earth: the planet's dynamics, our capacity to jog the system and — perhaps most importantly — the distorting mix of rational, emotional and instinctual processes in our brains that shape our perceptions and actions.

Unfortunately, humans don't have infinite brain capacity, so no one can become an expert on every subject.

There was, however, a significant question as to his mental capacity based on the fact that the client was a victim of Huntington's Disease, noted by the court as «a genetic brain disorder that results in the progressive loss of both cognitive functions and physical control.»

Traumatic brain injuries may leave a lasting impact on a victim's physical and cognitive capacities, a result devastating for the individual and his or her loved ones.

«This case further affirms the prevailing medical wisdom that even a mild traumatic brain injury can dramatically change one's personality and decision making processes, often permanently and with far - reaching negative effects on one's quality of life and earning capacity,» he told HuffPost B.C.

`'» (A lawyer robot) with a far greater memory capacity than any of the others and with a brain - computer that operates on logic.

I've seen a variety of lame explanations (e.g., «reveals the nature of the litigation»), but am convinced that the fundamental justification rests on the brain's greater capacity to handle names.

«It helps me by creating more «brain» capacity to reflect and think about WHY I do things, instead of wasting it on remembering WHAT are the things I need to do,» Lily explained.

With this additional bit of brain power, the Mate 10 Pro will have extra capacity for apps and processes, and with 4 GB of RAM (6 GB on the 128 GB model), you shouldn't have any shortage of multitasking capability.

Please call and I will send you a full article on this amazing therapy that uses the brain's natural capacity to heal the body.

As one who is unfamiliar with the literature on attachment and brain development in early childhood, it would seem that neuropsych testing of the differences in the brain capacities of people from backgrounds with adequate attachment opportunities and those without such opportunities would help move theory from intuition to skilled observation.

Although empathizing is an innate faculty of the brain's mirror - neuron system, the individual capacity for empathizing, and the intentional application of empathy, are best cultivated through unlocking, encouraging, and supporting its emergence, rather than merely expecting it to develop on its own.

In other words, the brain has the capacity to press down on emotional awareness and expression, coined by neuroscientists as «emotional inhibition.»