这种观点认为，人们吃的食物影响到大脑的状态。
The idea [is] that the food one eats has a bearing on one's state of mind.
神经系统科学家在很早就了解脑电波的存在——电子活动形成的有节奏的波动，被认为反映了大脑的状态。
Neuroscientists have long known of the existence of brain waves - rhythmic fluctuations of electrical activity believed to reflect the brain's state.
在快速动眼睡眠中，大脑的状态与焦虑和生气的梦联系最紧密，这种现象发生在进化末期，以及那些有此类睡眠的动物的早期生活。
REM sleep, the brain state most highly correlated with anxious, angry dreams, occurs late in evolution and early in the lives of those creatures which have REM.
研究人员认为，这是首次在人类身上发现不同大脑状态的“首夜效应”。
The researchers believe this is the first time that the "first-night-effect" of different brain states has been identified in humans.
它们进化出了一种特殊的“加热器”，由经过改造的肌肉组织构成，可以温暖眼睛和大脑，使这些关键器官保持最佳状态。
They have evolved special "heaters" of modified muscle tissue that warm the eyes and brain, maintaining peak performance of these critical organs.
事实上，不同的情绪状态会在面部肌肉和大脑中产生特定的脑电活动模式。
In fact, various emotional states give rise to certain patterns of electrical activity in the facial muscles and in the brain.
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。
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.
莱勒写道：“当我们的大脑处于放松状态时，我们更有可能将关注的焦点转向大脑右半球释放出的远程连接流。”
"When our minds are at ease, we're more likely to direct the spotlight of attention towards that stream of remote associations emanating from the right hemisphere," Lehrer writes.
当你经常面临负面情绪和高强度的压力时，你的大脑会认为这是你的正常状态。
When you regularly experience negative feelings and high amounts of stress, your brain recognizes this as your normal state.
当腺苷在清醒状态下释放的总量逐渐增加时，腺苷就会与大脑特定区域越来越多的细胞结合。
Adenosine then binds to more and more sites on cells in certain areas of the brain, as the total amount released gradually increases during wakefulness.
根据一项关于睡觉的鸭子的新研究来看，半睡半醒的鸟儿——大脑的一个半球处于警觉状态，另一个半球处于睡眠状态——控制着大脑的哪一边保持清醒。
Birds that are literally half asleep—with one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleeping—control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks.
当这种情况发生时，你的孩子的大脑处于睡眠状态。
尽可能让大脑处于学习状态是很重要的。
It's important to put the brain in a learning state as often as possible.
多年来，人们认为睡眠无关紧要，且睡眠状态中人的大脑是不活跃的。
For years, people thought that sleep was unimportant and inactive.
在考试期间，你想让你的大脑处于最佳工作状态，所以在睡觉前安排放松时间，避免深夜复习，尽量早点睡觉，这样你就能得到足够的睡眠。
During your exam period, you want your brain to work at its very best, so build in relaxation time before bed, avoid late night revision sessions and try to go to bed early so you get enough sleep.
神经肽很可能帮助控制了大脑的一般状态，或是情绪。
The neuropeptides probably help control the brain's general status, or mood.
这是你的大脑恢复状态了。
还有一种技术能够影响幸福，即直接影响大脑状态的技术。
Now there's another kind of technology that could influence happiness, and that's technology that influences brain states directly.
聆听这些序列音乐时，它能使人体和大脑处于更好的状态。
This is realized by the body and the human mind performs better when listening to this ordered music.
处理和记忆数字是使大脑恢复状态的好途径。
Working with and memorizing Numbers is a great way to get your brain back in shape.
令人惊讶的是，虽然大脑仍然是警觉的，冥想状态减轻了对疼痛的反应，就好象降低了音量。
Astonishingly, although the brain is still alert, meditation lessens the emotional reaction to pain. It's like turning down the volume.
如果你学会辨认和跟踪你的大脑状态，你可以在思维最“清醒”时专注于重要的脑力工作，当创造性洞察遇到难题，就要反其道而行了。
If you learn to recognize and track your mental state, you can concentrate on important mental tasks when your mind is most "awake". For creative insight into a problem, do the opposite.
冥想专家也显示了左前额叶皮层大脑活动的尖峰激励状态，大脑的这一区域通常和积极的情绪联系在一起。
Expert meditators also show spikes of brain activity in the left prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain that has generally been associated with positive emotions.
因此，任何可能大略改善你大脑健康状态的事也对你的记忆力有积极影响。
So anything that generally improves your brain health may also have a positive impact on your memory.
你的大脑不能在挨饿的状态下工作，你的大脑需要胆固醇和脂肪去正常工作。
Your brain can't work if you're on a starvation diet, your brains need cholesterol and fats to work correctly.
神经学实验表明，坚信无形的实体与现实世界相互作用的信念，早已成为了人类大脑的默认状态。
Neuroscience experiments show that belief in invisible entities interacting with the physical world has become the default state of the human brain.
不管你多么努力的去尝试，如果你的大脑不在状态，你的工作效率不会有多高。
No matter how hard to you try, if your brain isn’t performing well, you won’t be as productive as you should be.
面对专家意见时，人的大脑实际处于相对关闭状态。
The brain actually shuts down a bit in the face of expert advice.
但是如果目的仅是休息，为什么我们的大脑仍然保持辛苦的工作状态呢？
But if rest is the goal, why does our brain remain hard at work?
但是如果目的仅是休息，为什么我们的大脑仍然保持辛苦的工作状态呢？
But if rest is the goal, why does our brain remain hard at work?
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