Adele

I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.

English Singer

Gerald Scarfe

I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain.

British Artist

Fantasia Barrino

R. Kelly is different - music is always going through his brain. I remember we'd be having a conversation, and he'd choose a word I said and write a whole song to it.

American Musician

Emily V. Gordon

Far from 'rotting my brain,' as I was often told would happen, TV helped me feel less alone at a time when I spent so much time alone.

American Writer

Emma Goldman

Free love? as if love is anything but free. Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love.

Russian Activist

Gino D'Acampo

I always travel with my iPod and I've never read a book in my life. It makes me tired; my brain is not set up for reading.

Italian Chef

Fiona Apple

You can live your whole life in your brain and not experience what's around you. You go crazy that way.

Gaspar Noe

Even the most achieved life ends up in the hospital with your body and brain falling into pieces.

Argentinian Director

Tejaswi Madivada

What you feed your body and brain is very important.

Indian Actress

Jason Momoa

I'm raised to actually think, to use my brain.

American Actor

Brain can represent the functionality or intelligence behind something.

Metaphorical Usage

Brain is a physical organ, unlike 'mind' which can be conceptual.

Physical Brain

'Brain' can indicate someone's role as the thinker or planner in a group.

Figure of Speech

Using 'brain' to recognize someone's intellect often implies respect for their smartness.

Intelligence Recognition

As a verb, 'brain' is informal and can sound aggressive or humorous.

Slang Caution

Using 'brain' as a verb adds color to conversation, but isn't for formal settings.

Conversational Color

'Brain' can refer to a delicacy, and it's important to know cultural sensitivity around this.

Culinary Term

When talking about 'brain' as food, the context makes it clear it's not a human's.

Eating Context

 because their brains developed more cortisol receptors, which stick to cortisol and dampen the stress response. The pups of negligent moms had the opposite outcome, and so became more sensitive to stress throughout life. These are considered epigenetic changes, meaning that they effect which genes are expressed

How stress affects your...

 by filtering it through their primary language. Because all types of bilingual people can become fully proficient in a language regardless of accent or pronunciation, the difference may not be apparent to a casual observer. But recent advances in brain imaging technology have given neurolinguists a glimpse

The benefits of a...

 is so complex and so expensive that it's really only done at major universities and large institutions. And so in order to be able to access the brain, you really need to dedicate your life and spend six and a half years as a graduate student just to become a neuroscientist to get access to these tools.

How to control someone...

 to form what we call consciousness. From the day we're born, our mental development is formed through our body's interaction with the external world. Every sight, sound, and touch create new maps and representations in the brain that eventually become responsible for regulating our experience of self.

Are you a body with a...

 especially the visual, auditory, and motor cortices. As with any other workout, disciplined, structured practice in playing music strengthens those brain functions, allowing us to apply that strength to other activities. The most obvious difference between listening to music and playing it

How playing an...

 takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence. So what does practice do in our brains to make us better at things? Our brains have two kinds of neural grey matter and white matter.

How to practice...

 hair loss, sexual dysfunction, headaches, muscle tension, difficulty concentrating, fatigue, and irritability. So, what does all this mean for you? Your life will always be filled with stressful situations. But what matters to your brain and entire body

 big old brain on you by that time i didn't know but you didn't know it man you're either right or you're wrong that i liked about it she always loved numbers the professor said i think you'd make a good math

NASA Trailblazer:...

 And a far bigger proportion of the neurons in Kali's brain are dedicated purely to the detection of movement. She almost can't help but pounce.

How Do Cats Use Their...

 video camera with individual discrete pictures helped excuse me having a brain injury sometimes causes memory issues here there we go

Brain

The organ in your head that controls your thoughts, emotions and movements.

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The intelligence or mental ability of a person.

Often appears as...

Usage tips

To hit someone hard on the head.

Usage tips

'Brain' as a food is the brain of animals used for cooking.

Often appears as...

Metaphorical Usage

Physical Brain

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