It is not some panacea that just makes the brain work better overall, but it helps boost a learner's effort.

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This is an improved physiological state which enables Jason's brain to work properly at times when it would normally shut down.

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It's based on his work using functional magnetic resonance imaging brain scans that first demonstrated that, when people are asked to imagine themselves in retirement, the parts of their brains that usually "light up" when they think about themselves don't light up at all.

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It depends on a recent body of work which suggests that the brain's white matter (the wiring that connects the main bodies of the nerve cells, or grey matter, together) is less dense and less abundant in the brain of an autistic person than in that of a non-autist.

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Questions remain about using deep-brain stimulation to treat dementia, including whether it would work for Alzheimer's patients and at what stage of decline, whether it is safe and how long the effect will last, said Dr. Salloway.

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For me, it's a key part to work with anybody, to have a very open and flowing brain-storming.

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