An early strain of research claimed that when we watch television, our brains mostly exhibit slow alpha waves—indicating a low level of arousal, similar to when we are daydreaming.

一项早期的研究表明，当我们看电视时，我们的大脑大多表现出缓慢的阿尔法波，这表明我们的兴奋程度程度较低，类似于做白日梦的状态。

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When we gulp down food our stomachs don't have a chance to digest it properly, nor signal to our brains that we are satiated.

我们吞下食物的时候，我们的胃没有机会去很好地消化，没有信息传送到我们的大脑，提示我们满足了。

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Snap decisions can be important defense mechanisms; if we are judging whether someone is dangerous, our brains and bodies are hard-wired to react very quickly, within milliseconds.

快速决策可以是重要的防御机制；在判断某人是否是个危险人物时，我们的大脑和身体会自发地在几毫秒内做出快速反应。

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And this is no surprise if what we are is the workings of our physical brains, but it is extremely difficult to explain if one is a dualist.

如果我们的本质就是生理大脑的活动,那这也就没什么可惊奇的,但对于二元论者来说,解释这些却是非常困难的

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We differ from lower animals and our brains, which are much more capable of storing and processing information, but we're living in a time of revolution when machines are challenging or competing with our brains.

我们不同于其他低等动物，我们的大脑更能够存储和处理信息，不过身处改革年代,机器开始挑战甚至是,和我们的大脑开始竞争。

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We are even worse at understanding how our brains work when we try to make changes, and most instructors aren't much help, either.

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We are just beginning to understand the role that our brains play in communications, not to mention the rest of our bodies.

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Mr. Dunbar's "social brain hypothesis" rests on another idea the theory of mind which argues that we use our brains to imagine what others are thinking.

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