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I think of the brain as a computational device: It has a bunch of little components that perform calculations on some small aspect of the problem, and another part of the brain has to stitch it all together, like a tapestry or a quilt.
Daniel Levitin
Together
Problem
Quilt
Think
Components
Some
Small
Computational
Part
Perform
Device
Like
Calculations
Another
Brain
Tapestry
Stitch
Bunch
Little
Aspect
Information overload refers to the notion that we're trying to take in more than the brain can handle.
Daniel Levitin
More
Take
Overload
Brain
Handle
Than
Trying
Information
Notion
There's an ancient connection between movement and music. Most languages don't make a distinction between the words 'music' and 'dance.' And we can see that in the brain. When people are lying perfectly still but listening to music, the neurons in the motor cortex are firing.
Daniel Levitin
Music
People
Words
Listening
Dance
Lying
Distinction
Ancient
See
Neurons
Firing
Perfectly
Between
Most
Make
Still
Brain
Motor
Movement
Languages
Connection
The left brain is responsible for making order out of chaos, for making sense of things in the world that don't always add up. To do this, it often makes up stories, fantastic confabulations in some cases, just to be able to explain what we're experiencing.
Daniel Levitin
World
Sense
Add
Chaos
Out
Responsible
Able
Some
Cases
Makes
Always
Making
Brain
Left
Up
Often
Just
Order
Experiencing
Stories
Explain
Fantastic
Things
Maybe instead of asking political candidates to submit tax returns, we really should be asking to see their brain scans.
Daniel Levitin
Political
Submit
See
Instead
Returns
Brain
Candidates
Maybe
Tax
Tax Returns
Asking
Really
Should
If you aren't taking regular breaks every couple of hours, your brain won't benefit from that extra cup of coffee.
Daniel Levitin
You
Coffee
Every
Extra
Benefit
Taking
Hours
Couple
Brain
Cup
Breaks
Regular
Your
I became interested in structure when I was in graduate school. How is it that the brain perceives structure in a sometimes disorganized and chaotic world? How and why do we categorize things? Why can things be categorized in so many different ways, all of which can seem equally valid?
Daniel Levitin
World
Sometimes
School
Valid
Chaotic
Ways
Seem
Structure
Categorize
Categorized
Equally
Became
How
Brain
Graduate
Graduate School
So Many Different Ways
Different
Which
Interested
Disorganized
Many
Different Ways
Why
Things
I'm a simple country neuroscientist, not an expert on democracy, but I do know something about how the brain works and how opinion-reinforcing bubbles can distort the picture of reality we build from the information we encounter on a daily basis.
Daniel Levitin
Daily
Democracy
Reality
Simple
Picture
Country
Build
Distort
About
Something
Bubbles
Know
How
Encounter
Brain
Information
Expert
Works
Daily Basis
Basis
If you're studying from a book and trying to listen in on a conversation at the same time, those are two separate projects, each started and maintained by distinct circuits in the brain. Pay more attention to one for a moment and you're automatically paying less attention to the other.
Daniel Levitin
Time
You
Conversation
Book
Pay
Other
Projects
Distinct
Those
More
Attention
Maintained
Studying
Brain
Trying
Same
Listen
Same Time
Automatically
Separate
Paying
Less
Moment
Each
Started
Two
Neurons are living cells with a metabolism. And they need glucose in order to function. Glucose is the fuel of the brain, just like gasoline is the fuel of your car.
Daniel Levitin
Car
Living
Neurons
Like
Metabolism
Brain
Cells
Just
Order
Fuel
Your
Function
Gasoline
Need
Singing and dancing have been shown to modulate brain chemistry, specifically levels of dopamine, the 'feel good' neurotransmitter.
Daniel Levitin
Good
Feel Good
Singing
Chemistry
Dancing
Feel
Been
Brain
Shown
Specifically
Levels
The early development of the human brain is extremely important for setting the table, if you will, for potential future accomplishment.
Dannel Malloy
Future
You
Will
Important
Setting
Extremely
Table
Potential
Development
Brain
Accomplishment
Human
Human Brain
Early
Union Square Cafe is all soul, not brain.
Danny Meyer
Soul
Cafe
Brain
Square
Union
We have a large amount of data that shows playing fast-paced games improves hand-eye co-ordination, the ability to focus on the task at hand, and your ability to make decisions, as gaming improves your brain's allocation of resources.
Daphne Bavelier
Focus
Resources
Ability
Data
Allocation
Make
Brain
Hand
Task
Improves
Decisions
Your
Games
Gaming
Large
Shows
Fast-Paced
Amount
Playing
Studies of social games, puzzle games, and brain-training games have shown they have little effect on the brain despite often being marketed as improving memory and reaction speeds.
Daphne Bavelier
Memory
Speeds
Despite
Studies
Puzzle
Reaction
Brain
Effect
Improving
Often
Being
Little
Social
Games
Shown
I definitely learned never to fall in love in high school because it just takes over your brain.
Daren Kagasoff
Love
School
Fall
Definitely
High
High School
Never
Takes
Over
Learned
Because
Brain
Just
Your
I ran into an extraordinary doctor. He got up inside my head and figured out how my brain processed things, what my core values were, what my inner dialogue was.
Darrell Hammond
Doctor
Values
Extraordinary
Ran
Out
Inside
He
Head
Got
How
Dialogue
Were
Brain
Up
Processed
Figured
Things
Inner
Core
Core Values
To be rapping in a musical on Broadway is just - that sentence doesn't make any sense in my brain.
Daveed Diggs
Sense
Musical
Broadway
Rapping
Make
Brain
Any
Just
Sentence
A script is so word-heavy, after trying to communicate so much verbally, I think you need a different outlet to give the verbal centre of your brain a chance to cool off.
David Alpay
You
Communicate
Think
Give
Outlet
Verbal
Verbally
Brain
Off
Trying
Different
After
Script
Centre
Much
Your
Cool
Chance
Need
Everyone's been so quick to say that I'm really thick or I haven't got a brain. People will think whatever they want to think.
David Beckham
People
Will
Whatever
Think
Everyone
Say
Got
Been
Brain
Quick
Want
Really
Thick
A musical is really one of the most complicated beasts. It's a play, and there's music... and there's dancing... it's unbelievably satisfying to get something up out of your brain onto a piece of paper ... and start the process and then see it on the stage.
David Bryan
Music
Complicated
Stage
Dancing
Musical
Paper
Out
See
Unbelievably
Something
Beasts
Onto
Most
Piece
Brain
Up
Get
Process
Then
Really
Your
Satisfying
Play
Start
I sat there in awe that some guy overseas, trying to protect our interests, was using a silly comedy as a survival tool. My brain had an explosion. I was really moved by that.
David Denman
Survival
Comedy
Tool
Our
Some
Silly
Guy
Had
Protect
Brain
Overseas
Trying
Moved
Really
Interests
Explosion
Sat
Using
Awe
Exercise your brain and body, keep engaged with work and friends, and feed your brain with a healthy, plant-based diet - as well as knowledge.
David H. Murdock
Work
Knowledge
Healthy
Feed
Well
Exercise
Brain
Friends
Diet
Body
Engaged
Your
Keep
You have moments where you're down, but I can be sad for one or two hours, no more. The rest of the time, I have to be happy because the team needs me to be positive. My brain needs it. I need it.
David Luiz
Positive
Sad
Time
Needs
Me
You
Be Happy
Happy
Rest
Down
One Or Two
More
Hours
Because
Brain
Where
Team
Moments
Two
Need
Parkinson's is described as a progressive idiopathic neurodegenerative disorder, a brain disease that will worsen with time for which no cause has as yet been identified.
David Perlmutter
Time
Cause
Will
Progressive
Parkinson
Identified
Been
Brain
Disease
Which
Disorder
Increase your consumption of healthful fats like extra virgin olive oil, avocado, grass-fed beef, wild fish, coconut oil, nuts and seeds. At the same time, keep in mind that modified fats like hydrogenated or trans fats are the worst choices for brain health.
David Perlmutter
Time
Health
Mind
Extra
Increase
Virgin Olive Oil
Wild
Fats
Nuts
Worst
Seeds
Consumption
Like
Healthful
Fish
Beef
Brain
Same
Same Time
Oil
Modified
Choices
Your
Coconut
Keep
Olive
Olive Oil
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