This shift in language prompts the brain to focus on solutions rather than obstacles.
While self-help books on the brain tend to focus on improving memory or mood, "The Emotional Life of Your Brain, " written with science journalist Sharon Begley, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, makes the case that we can reprogram our brains to help shed negativity and lead a better and more productive life.
You make it a priority in your brain simply because you focus your attention on it.
Unlike the people answering questionnaires or participating in focus groups, brain waves don't lie.
Scientists will also focus on how the brain records, stores and processes information, and investigate how brain function is linked to behaviour.
Adrenaline starts pumping, the breath shortens depriving the brain of oxygen, and the focus is survival and escape versus success and achievement.
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You may not have the physical abilities of an Olympian, but you do have a brain that you can use to focus on a goal as powerfully as any Olympic athlete.
In fact, the response patterns of most brain areas changed when people changed the focus of their attention.
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Other companies focus more specifically on the brain connection to arousal disorder.
Beloved music often calms chaotic brain activity and enables the listener to focus on the present moment and regain a connection to others.
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Recently, researchers at the Institute of Neurology at University College London stimulated the brains of human subjects to push the brain toward beta band frequencies associated with focus to study the effects on motor processing, with the hope of helping those with Parkinson's disease.
When we focus on one thing, the brain actively filters out information that might distract from the task at hand.
Neurochoices are your options for brain change by choice, because you know enough about your brain and care enough to make choices to focus it in healthy, growth-producing ways.
Although there isn't one single solution to controlling appetite, Dr Hajihosseini says any sustained solution to obesity must focus on the part of the brain that makes decisions on appetite.
After all, as Thorin Klosowki recently wrote for Lifehacker, there have been studies showing that meditation can improve focus and productivity, increase overall brain power, and decrease stress and anxiety.
Something as ineffable as where you focus your attention can make your whole brain work differently.
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Maybe companies should pay less attention to what small "focus groups" say and more to what their brain scans reveal.
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The firm strapped electrodes to focus group participants to see how different parts of the brain reacted to the commercials.
Speaking to BBC News online, Prof Buchan said the focus of this research was on "ways to keep brain cells alive" which could have impacts beyond stroke - such as in Alzheimer's disease and spinal cord injuries.
Melon's an EEG headband that taps into your brain's inner workings to show you how well you maintain mental focus.
The fragility of the Democrats' hold on the incoming American Senate was thrown into sharp focus when Senator Tim Johnson , from South Dakota, suffered a brain haemorrhage.
Each part will focus on one key aspect of what makes a zombie, and develop a brain model that explains such zombie behavior.
The first aspect will address diagnosis and prognosis of TBI, while the second phase will focus on materials and structural design of equipment (helmets) to protect the brain from impacts.
We offer a four-step approach that teaches you how to enhance your awareness and focus your attention in the ways you want to, while simultaneously changing your brain in positive and healthy ways.
Africa shouldn't just focus on local problems but needs to aspire to be at the core of global science to stop the brain drain and make the best of its talent.
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