Stress causes what brain researchers call "cortical inhibition".

压力会导致大脑研究人员所说的“皮层抑制”。

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Women are twice as likely to suffer from severe stress and anxiety as men, according to a 2016 study published in The Journal of Brain & Behavior.

根据2016年发表在《大脑与行为》期刊上的一项研究，女性遭受严重压力和焦虑的可能性是男性的两倍。

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In simple terms, stress hinders a part of the brain responsible for decision-making and reaction time and can adversely affect other mental abilities as well.

简单地说，压力阻碍了大脑中负责决策和反应时间的部分，也会对其他心智能力产生负面影响。

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Talking leads to the release of the brain hormone oxytocin, which lowers her stress levels.

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Does it seem more plausible that we can explain these experiences in terms of the traumatic stress that your body and brain is going through when you are near dying?

我们用创伤后应激,来解释这些当你濒临死亡时,你的身体和大脑,所经历的体验,这看起来,会更合理吗

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When the body is in stress, we have various unusual stimulations of the visual sections of the brain, and perhaps that explains the white light or the feeling of compression in the tunnel.

身体受压时,我们收到对大脑视觉区域,各种不同寻常的的刺激,也许这可以解释白光,或者在隧道里压抑的感觉

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Outside the brain, stress can wreak havoc on the immune system, according to another study to be presented at the meeting.

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Sports car maker Ferrari SpA, for one, has filed a patent application that indicates the company is evaluating technology that would embed wireless electrodes in a car seat's headrest to monitor drivers' brain waves for stress as they pilot machines capable of roaring up to 200 miles per hour.

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Studies have shown, for example, that the brain learns best when stress hormones are mildly elevated.

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