Most computational neuroscientists study higher functions like memory, language and vision.

大部分计算机神经学家研究的都是像记忆、语言和视觉这类较高级的大脑功能。

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Yes, they produce more cortisol and noradrenaline, but crucially, they also ramp up production of calming factors that help keep the brain's higher functions intact.

没错，他们的大脑比一般人释放更多的皮质醇和去甲肾上腺素，但至关重要的是，他们也能释放更多保证大脑高级功能正常运转的镇静激素。

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HAR1 is expressed before birth in the developing neocortex—the outer layer of the brain that seems to be involved in higher functions such as language, conscious thought and sensory perception.

HAR1在妊娠期的新皮质——大脑的外层，可能同语言、意识思维和感知等高级功能有关——发育期间开始表达。

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So now it's not just that the on-off switch is stuck in off, the brain's no longer capable of engaging in these higher order P-functions.

所以现在看来就不是开关被卡住，大脑已经不再有能力,实行这些高级的人格功能。

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And there's also,of course,in each one of our cases, there's these higher mental cognitive functions that I've been calling the person functioning, there's the B-functions and there's the P-functions.

当然对我们来说，还有更高级的精神上的认知功能,我称之为人格功能，所以就有生理功能和人格功能。

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