A gut feeling may help you make a quick decision, but one study credits the digestive system for possibly influencing our mental states and behavior as well.

一种直觉会帮助你很快地做出决定，但一项研究相信，消化系统也可能影响我们的的精神状态和行为。

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We've said that the term "Cognition" refers to mental states like knowing and believing, and to mental processes that we use to arrive at those states.

我们说过，“认知”这个词指的是类似于了解和相信这样的心理状态，以及我们用来达到这些状态的心理过程。

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First mental states and processes are states and processes of matter.

第一个是精神状态和过程是，物质的状态的过程。

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McKinnon's lawyers had argued that their client, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, would be at risk of a mental breakdown or suicide if sent to the United States.

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Because by hypothesis, the experience machine gets the mental states right, get the insides right.

因为根据假设，体验机器能让你获得良好的心理状态，获得正确的内在感知。

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So, if something's missing from that life, there's more to the best kind of life than just having the right mental states, than just getting the insides right.

所以，如果这种生活有所欠缺，如果最美好的生活,不仅是获得良好的心理状态，也不仅是获得正确的内在感知。

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Looking at 90 brain regions, the researchers created maps of brain activity during each of the four mental states.

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The headsets contain a sensor that detects various mental states, and a chip converts the signals from analog format to digital so they can travel wirelessly to a computer.

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Groopman's research showed that during the course of illness, belief and expectation -- two mental states associated with hope -- have an impact on the nervous system which, in turn, sets off a chain reaction that makes improvement and recovery more likely.

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