Cerebral
adjective
Related to the brain or intellectual activity.
The game is popular among people with cerebral interests.
Often appears as...
- cerebral functions
- cerebral cortex
adjective
Specifically related to the cerebrum, the frontal part of the brain responsible for thought and sensory integration.
The scan shows a lesion in the cerebral hemisphere.
Often appears as...
- cerebral hemisphere
- cerebral blood flow
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Technical
adjective
Related to the brain or intellectual activity.
The game is popular among people with cerebral interests.
Often appears as...
- cerebral functions
- cerebral cortex
adjective
Specifically related to the cerebrum, the frontal part of the brain responsible for thought and sensory integration.
The scan shows a lesion in the cerebral hemisphere.
Often appears as...
- cerebral hemisphere
- cerebral blood flow
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Brainy Context
Use 'cerebral' to describe activities that require deep thinking or intellectual effort.
The lecture turned into a cerebral discussion about artificial intelligence.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Emotional
'Cerebral' often implies a focus on logic over emotions or physical aspects.
Her cerebral approach to relationships focuses on shared values rather than feelings.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Interests
When describing interests, 'cerebral' suggests a preference for abstract or complex ideas.
He has cerebral hobbies like chess and coding.
Pro Tip 1/3Brainy Context
Use 'cerebral' to describe activities that require deep thinking or intellectual effort.
The lecture turned into a cerebral discussion about artificial intelligence.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Emotional
'Cerebral' often implies a focus on logic over emotions or physical aspects.
Her cerebral approach to relationships focuses on shared values rather than feelings.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Interests
When describing interests, 'cerebral' suggests a preference for abstract or complex ideas.
He has cerebral hobbies like chess and coding.
Pro Tip 1/3Brainy Context
Use 'cerebral' to describe activities that require deep thinking or intellectual effort.
The lecture turned into a cerebral discussion about artificial intelligence.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Emotional
'Cerebral' often implies a focus on logic over emotions or physical aspects.
Her cerebral approach to relationships focuses on shared values rather than feelings.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Interests
When describing interests, 'cerebral' suggests a preference for abstract or complex ideas.
He has cerebral hobbies like chess and coding.
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How do we smell? - Rose...
in the middle of the cerebral hemisphere and then out to other regions of the brain. But smell, because it evolved before most of your other senses, takes a direct route to these different regions of the brain, where it can trigger your fight-or-flight response, help you recall memories, or make your mouth water. But even though we've all got the same physiological set-up,
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What happens to your...
affecting multiple parts of the brain— the brainstem, cerebral hemispheres, and the nerves themselves. But we don't know for sure what exactly triggers each step, why some people get migraines and not others, why so many more women do than men, or why people’s migraine patterns sometimes change over their lifetimes.
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What is so special about...
does not necessarily have more neurons than a more modest-sized brain. Maybe the human brain actually has the most neurons of any brain, regardless of its size, especially in the cerebral cortex. So this to me became the important question to how many neurons does the human brain have,
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3 ways to make better...
and compare the ideal solutions to those problems to the way that we actually behave. As a side effect, I get to see how applying a little bit of computer science can make human decision-making easier. I have a personal motivation for this. Growing up in Perth as an overly cerebral kid
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How to create a space...
the elasticity from your shoulders down to your soles to recreate one body loading as you're pushing around and flying around but we even more passionate about the earth applications this young gentleman has cerebral palsy so we dream about inventing an enhanced
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Why elephants never...
and a highly developed hippocampus and cerebral cortex. It is the hippocampus, strongly associated with emotion, that aids recollection by encoding important experiences into long-term memories. The ability to distinguish this importance makes elephant memory
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What You Can Do to...
So what does? We can't do anything about getting older or the genes we've inherited. So far, we haven't changed our brain's destiny. What about sleep? In slow-wave deep sleep, our glial cells rinse cerebral spinal fluid throughout our brains,
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How much of what you see...
and that surfaces are breathing. At higher doses, the visual world can appear to melt, dissolve into swirls, or burst into fractal-like patterns. Evidence suggests these drugs also act on the cerebral cortex.
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The quest to understand...
There is the brain stem in between the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord. And it is within that region that I'm going to highlight now that we have this housing of all the life-regulation devices
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Photographer Jimmy Chin:...
is very rewarding to people it's very difficult physically but it's also a very kind of cerebral support it's slow and methodical and you have to think
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How do we smell? - Rose...
in the middle of the cerebral hemisphere and then out to other regions of the brain. But smell, because it evolved before most of your other senses, takes a direct route to these different regions of the brain, where it can trigger your fight-or-flight response, help you recall memories, or make your mouth water. But even though we've all got the same physiological set-up,
Video examples
What happens to your...
affecting multiple parts of the brain— the brainstem, cerebral hemispheres, and the nerves themselves. But we don't know for sure what exactly triggers each step, why some people get migraines and not others, why so many more women do than men, or why people’s migraine patterns sometimes change over their lifetimes.
Video examples
What is so special about...
does not necessarily have more neurons than a more modest-sized brain. Maybe the human brain actually has the most neurons of any brain, regardless of its size, especially in the cerebral cortex. So this to me became the important question to how many neurons does the human brain have,
Video examples
3 ways to make better...
and compare the ideal solutions to those problems to the way that we actually behave. As a side effect, I get to see how applying a little bit of computer science can make human decision-making easier. I have a personal motivation for this. Growing up in Perth as an overly cerebral kid
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How to create a space...
the elasticity from your shoulders down to your soles to recreate one body loading as you're pushing around and flying around but we even more passionate about the earth applications this young gentleman has cerebral palsy so we dream about inventing an enhanced
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Why elephants never...
and a highly developed hippocampus and cerebral cortex. It is the hippocampus, strongly associated with emotion, that aids recollection by encoding important experiences into long-term memories. The ability to distinguish this importance makes elephant memory
Video examples
What You Can Do to...
So what does? We can't do anything about getting older or the genes we've inherited. So far, we haven't changed our brain's destiny. What about sleep? In slow-wave deep sleep, our glial cells rinse cerebral spinal fluid throughout our brains,
Video examples
How much of what you see...
and that surfaces are breathing. At higher doses, the visual world can appear to melt, dissolve into swirls, or burst into fractal-like patterns. Evidence suggests these drugs also act on the cerebral cortex.
Video examples
The quest to understand...
There is the brain stem in between the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord. And it is within that region that I'm going to highlight now that we have this housing of all the life-regulation devices
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Photographer Jimmy Chin:...
is very rewarding to people it's very difficult physically but it's also a very kind of cerebral support it's slow and methodical and you have to think
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Jason Gann
Australian Actor
The last few years I've had to force myself to go out and be more involved the world because I can get a bit more cerebral and escape into characters and the world of characters. But now I guess I escape into stories about 'Wilfred.
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David Bowie
English Musician
There are times when I prefer a cerebral moment with an artist, and I'll just enjoy the wit of a Picabia or a Duchamp. It amuses me that they thought that what they did would be a good way of making art.
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Lea Salonga
Filipino Actress
The thing about Sondheim is that it does get very cerebral. You do need a faculty with words and a love for the lyrics to not just pull it off, but to have an appreciation for it.
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Thiago Alcantara
Spanish Athlete
Football's always been cerebral. The most important thing is thinking fast.
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Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
I'm not a particularly cerebral writer. I unabashedly go for the belly.
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Miranda July
American Director
I'm quite a cerebral person. Often I feel quite stuck in that.
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Ursula K. Le Guin
American Writer
He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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Chris Pine
American Actor
I'm more cerebral than I want to be.
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Eric Reid
American Athlete
I think I'm a very cerebral player.
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Charlaine Harris
American Author
I like the cerebral process.
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Jason Gann
Australian Actor
The last few years I've had to force myself to go out and be more involved the world because I can get a bit more cerebral and escape into characters and the world of characters. But now I guess I escape into stories about 'Wilfred.
Quote examples
David Bowie
English Musician
There are times when I prefer a cerebral moment with an artist, and I'll just enjoy the wit of a Picabia or a Duchamp. It amuses me that they thought that what they did would be a good way of making art.
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Lea Salonga
Filipino Actress
The thing about Sondheim is that it does get very cerebral. You do need a faculty with words and a love for the lyrics to not just pull it off, but to have an appreciation for it.
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Thiago Alcantara
Spanish Athlete
Football's always been cerebral. The most important thing is thinking fast.
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Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
I'm not a particularly cerebral writer. I unabashedly go for the belly.
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Miranda July
American Director
I'm quite a cerebral person. Often I feel quite stuck in that.
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Ursula K. Le Guin
American Writer
He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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Chris Pine
American Actor
I'm more cerebral than I want to be.
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Eric Reid
American Athlete
I think I'm a very cerebral player.
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Charlaine Harris
American Author
I like the cerebral process.
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