Word: brained
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...following pages, TIME offers a wealth of new discoveries and practical information to guide you in the care and maintenance of your mental faculties. Pay careful attention. Don't get distracted. But don't stress too much either; relaxation is a balm for the overtaxed brain...
REPEAT AFTER ME Monotony is magical. A Yale nutritionist says too many flavors stimulate our appetite-control cells. Soothe your brain with flavor repetition, and you'll feel full with fewer calories. Think cranberry sauce and cranberry ice cream. BUZZWORDS: Pineapple Day; Onion...
...they are just happening too fast for the athlete to realize they are going on. "It's not the conscious kind of processing, the kind where you're thinking about how to control your body," says Jeff Simons, a sports psychologist at California State University, East Bay. "Our conscious brain cannot keep up with the speed of information processing necessary to perform a high-level skill...
...learned sports skill begins in the thinking part of the brain, with nerves in the prefrontal cortex. As those neurons get excited, they activate nerve cells connected to the limbic system just under the cerebrum of the brain, the area associated with emotions such as fear, anxiety, elation and satisfaction. That area is tied in turn to the motor cortex, which controls the muscles...
...more than 190,000 Indians?some 90% of them college educated?had arrived. About 13,000 Korean doctors, pharmacists and nurses got green cards. The Filipino population in the U.S. nearly quintupled, to 500,000; so many medical professionals emigrated that politicians in Manila warned of brain drain...