Groopman observed that hope does not just involve a mind-to-body connection, but also a body-to-mind connection, where neural input about one's physical condition serves as a moderator of positive and negative emotions.

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It was the only concrete information he had about her, the one tenuous connection his mind could make with her.

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New York Live Arts, the arts group led by the choreographer Bill T Jones, has just held a festival called Live Ideas: The World of Oliver Sacks, with theatre, dance and performances dedicated to the neurologist and his exploration of the connection between mind and body.

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It brought to my mind the oft-cited connection between creativity and mental illness.

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Stan Litow: The first one that comes to mind is the alliance we created for Supplier Connection.

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Movements like One Laptop per Child are, to my mind, an alloyed good in promoting literacy and connection to the larger world.

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Verhaeghen, who is also a novelist and describes himself as a "somewhat mood disordered person, " had a particular interest in the connection between creativity and this ruminating state of mind.

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Statistics, charts and numbers may appeal to an engineering mind-set (this can be both men and women) but the emotional connection between money and feelings clearly resonates more with women.

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Perhaps Mr Moriarty had in mind Jagat Gauchan, the minister for physical planning and works, who once served a year in prison in connection with the attempted murder of a journalist.

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