Overactive
adjective
Working too much or often than needed.
She has an overactive imagination.
Often appears as...
- overactive imagination
- overactive thyroid
adjective
Working too much or often than needed.
She has an overactive imagination.
Often appears as...
- overactive imagination
- overactive thyroid
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Pro Tip 1/3Exaggerated Activity
Indicates an action or a function that is excessively or unnecessarily active, beyond normal limits.
His overactive response to criticism made the situation worse.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Often used in medical settings to describe glands or organs functioning at a higher than normal rate.
The doctor diagnosed her with an overactive bladder.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Used metaphorically to describe thoughts, imagination, or emotions that are intense or uncontrollable.
An overactive sense of responsibility is keeping him awake at night.
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggerated Activity
Indicates an action or a function that is excessively or unnecessarily active, beyond normal limits.
His overactive response to criticism made the situation worse.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Often used in medical settings to describe glands or organs functioning at a higher than normal rate.
The doctor diagnosed her with an overactive bladder.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Used metaphorically to describe thoughts, imagination, or emotions that are intense or uncontrollable.
An overactive sense of responsibility is keeping him awake at night.
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggerated Activity
Indicates an action or a function that is excessively or unnecessarily active, beyond normal limits.
His overactive response to criticism made the situation worse.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Often used in medical settings to describe glands or organs functioning at a higher than normal rate.
The doctor diagnosed her with an overactive bladder.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Used metaphorically to describe thoughts, imagination, or emotions that are intense or uncontrollable.
An overactive sense of responsibility is keeping him awake at night.
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Ed Boyden: A light...
It's called the basket cell. And this cell is one of the thousands of kinds of cell that we're learning about. New ones are being discovered every day. As just a second these pyramidal cells, large cells, can span a significant fraction of the brain. They're excitatory. And these are some of the cells that might be overactive in disorders such as epilepsy.
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Andres Lozano:...
We can introduce electrodes within those circuits. We can graduate the activity of those circuits. We can turn them down if they are overactive, if they're causing trouble, trouble that is felt throughout the brain, or we can turn them up if they are underperforming, and in so doing, we think that we may be able to help
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Parkinson's, depression...
the circuits we can turn them down if they are overactive if they're causing trouble trouble that is fell throughout the brain or we can turn them up if they are underperforming and in so doing we think that we may be able to help the overall function of the brain the implications of this of course is that
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Make [Eye] Contact PIPE...
look into somebody's eyes and I feel like I can't break away for that I mean I would basically have to go into collisions right this is a safe space for speculation it might be that for instance your amygdala might be slightly overactive amygdala is a small cluster of neurons deep in your brain that's
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What causes seizures,...
could account for different seizure types and symptoms. So if seizures were due to neurons misfiring, how could doctors stop this from happening? Physicians like Sir Charles Locock hypothesized that sedative drugs might calm overactive brain activity, a theory he confirmed by treating seizures
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Why we choke under...
So what do we do? Knowing that we have this overactive attention, how do we ensure that we perform at our best? A lot of it comes down to the prefrontal cortex, that front part of our brain that sits over our eyes and usually helps us focus in positive ways.
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How does the thyroid...
which happens when the organ sends out too many hormones. That means the cells are overloaded with instructions to consume nutrients and oxygen. They become overactive as a result, meaning a person with hyperthyroidism experiences a higher metabolism
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Is it bad to hold your...
or urinating without proper physical support may over time weaken or overwork that muscular sling. That can lead to an overactive pelvic floor, bladder pain, urgency, or urinary incontinence. So in the interest of long-term health,
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How mRNA Medicine Will...
beckoning the immune system to attack. For patients with autoimmune disorders, we can send in signals that tamp down their overactive immune systems.
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Fun, Fierce and...
So, my mother's a pediatrician, and when I was young, she'd tell the craziest stories that combined science with her overactive imagination.
Video examples
Ed Boyden: A light...
It's called the basket cell. And this cell is one of the thousands of kinds of cell that we're learning about. New ones are being discovered every day. As just a second these pyramidal cells, large cells, can span a significant fraction of the brain. They're excitatory. And these are some of the cells that might be overactive in disorders such as epilepsy.
Video examples
Andres Lozano:...
We can introduce electrodes within those circuits. We can graduate the activity of those circuits. We can turn them down if they are overactive, if they're causing trouble, trouble that is felt throughout the brain, or we can turn them up if they are underperforming, and in so doing, we think that we may be able to help
Video examples
Parkinson's, depression...
the circuits we can turn them down if they are overactive if they're causing trouble trouble that is fell throughout the brain or we can turn them up if they are underperforming and in so doing we think that we may be able to help the overall function of the brain the implications of this of course is that
Video examples
Make [Eye] Contact PIPE...
look into somebody's eyes and I feel like I can't break away for that I mean I would basically have to go into collisions right this is a safe space for speculation it might be that for instance your amygdala might be slightly overactive amygdala is a small cluster of neurons deep in your brain that's
Video examples
What causes seizures,...
could account for different seizure types and symptoms. So if seizures were due to neurons misfiring, how could doctors stop this from happening? Physicians like Sir Charles Locock hypothesized that sedative drugs might calm overactive brain activity, a theory he confirmed by treating seizures
Video examples
Why we choke under...
So what do we do? Knowing that we have this overactive attention, how do we ensure that we perform at our best? A lot of it comes down to the prefrontal cortex, that front part of our brain that sits over our eyes and usually helps us focus in positive ways.
Video examples
How does the thyroid...
which happens when the organ sends out too many hormones. That means the cells are overloaded with instructions to consume nutrients and oxygen. They become overactive as a result, meaning a person with hyperthyroidism experiences a higher metabolism
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
or urinating without proper physical support may over time weaken or overwork that muscular sling. That can lead to an overactive pelvic floor, bladder pain, urgency, or urinary incontinence. So in the interest of long-term health,
Video examples
How mRNA Medicine Will...
beckoning the immune system to attack. For patients with autoimmune disorders, we can send in signals that tamp down their overactive immune systems.
Video examples
Fun, Fierce and...
So, my mother's a pediatrician, and when I was young, she'd tell the craziest stories that combined science with her overactive imagination.
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Rickie Fowler
American Athlete
In my case, I was placing extreme pressure on my lower spine from rotating my hips too much. This is a common cause of bad backs - and bad shots - for golfers of all levels. In addition to resting, I worked with my trainer, Joey Diovisalvi, on strengthening the weaker lower-body muscles that contributed to my overactive hips and back pain.
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SZA
American Musician
When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways. It sparked the writing bug and the very overactive imagination. Because I've had a lot of time by myself and a lot of time isolated from regular culture, I created my own.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
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Sonam Kapoor
Indian Actress
I didn't like Barbie dolls, so I used to have this overactive imagination, and I used to pretend to be all these different things. My weird childhood fetishes seem to have come to life now as an actor.
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Rick Wakeman
British Musician
I've got an overactive brain. I enjoy work, I enjoy life, and I'm not good at relaxing. I've also never slept very much due to this overactive imagination and my brain constantly thinking.
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Melissa McCarthy
American Actress
I have an overactive sense of justice. I want women to realize you don't have to work for the company. You can run the company. I want the scope for them to be endless.
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Jake Gyllenhaal
American Actor
I have an overactive brain, and as a result of that, I can really get in my own mind. So I like to try and exercise it to the point of exhaustion.
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Ryan Gosling
Canadian Actor
I don't believe my house was haunted. I think I had an overactive imagination, and I was so convinced that those around me became convinced, too.
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Natalia Dyer
American Actress
Good luck dragging me into a horror movie! I get so scared. It's an overactive imagination or something.
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Daniel Radcliffe
British Actor
I've always had a slightly overactive imagination.
Quote examples
Rickie Fowler
American Athlete
In my case, I was placing extreme pressure on my lower spine from rotating my hips too much. This is a common cause of bad backs - and bad shots - for golfers of all levels. In addition to resting, I worked with my trainer, Joey Diovisalvi, on strengthening the weaker lower-body muscles that contributed to my overactive hips and back pain.
Quote examples
SZA
American Musician
When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways. It sparked the writing bug and the very overactive imagination. Because I've had a lot of time by myself and a lot of time isolated from regular culture, I created my own.
Quote examples
J. K. Rowling
English Author
However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
Quote examples
Sonam Kapoor
Indian Actress
I didn't like Barbie dolls, so I used to have this overactive imagination, and I used to pretend to be all these different things. My weird childhood fetishes seem to have come to life now as an actor.
Quote examples
Rick Wakeman
British Musician
I've got an overactive brain. I enjoy work, I enjoy life, and I'm not good at relaxing. I've also never slept very much due to this overactive imagination and my brain constantly thinking.
Quote examples
Melissa McCarthy
American Actress
I have an overactive sense of justice. I want women to realize you don't have to work for the company. You can run the company. I want the scope for them to be endless.
Quote examples
Jake Gyllenhaal
American Actor
I have an overactive brain, and as a result of that, I can really get in my own mind. So I like to try and exercise it to the point of exhaustion.
Quote examples
Ryan Gosling
Canadian Actor
I don't believe my house was haunted. I think I had an overactive imagination, and I was so convinced that those around me became convinced, too.
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Natalia Dyer
American Actress
Good luck dragging me into a horror movie! I get so scared. It's an overactive imagination or something.
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Daniel Radcliffe
British Actor
I've always had a slightly overactive imagination.
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