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Authors: Wendy Suzuki
prefrontal cortex (PFC), 14, 36, 222
creativity and, 219–21, 222, 229, 235
mood states and, 92–93
stress function and, 168–69, 175, 176, 183
present moment, 132, 179, 180, 258–59
primacy effect, 139
primary motor cortex, 14, 164
primary progressive aphasia (PPA), 225–28
primary touch cortex, 15
priming, 48
prisoners of war (POWs), 175
procedural memory, 48
prosopagnosia, 25–26
psychological stress, 166–67, 169–72, 183–84
Brain Hacks, 185
psychosurgery, 44
public speaking, 181–82
pupil dilation, and stress, 164, 165
push-ups, 134
randomized controlled studies, 117–19, 120–21, 133
rap music, 229–30
Ravel, Maurice, 226, 228
relationships, stress in, 173–74
doorman conversation, 128–31, 173
parental conversation, 65–67, 182
student conversation, 173–74, 182–83
repetition, and memory, 75, 76
resilience, and stress, 175
respiration rate, and stress, 164, 165
Revelations
(dance piece), 20–21
reward, defined, 189
reward system, of brain, 187–211
activating by giving back, 200–203, 210
addiction and, 193–99
animal (rat) studies, 190, 191, 198–99
Brain Hacks, 203, 211
brain structures of, 190–97
components of, 189–92
love, romance, and, 203–10
primer on, 189–93
rhythmic brain activity, 243–45
right brain, myth of creativity in, 215
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
(movie), 120
river rafting trip, 79–81
romantic love, and reward system, 203–10
routines, starting new, 239–41
Run for Your Life (program), 198
runner’s high, 94
Salk Institute, 50
San Francisco Giants, 68
Santos, Chester, 76–77
“
Sat chit ananda,
” 253
Saturday Night Fever
(movie), 11
Scoville, William, 44–47
second language acquisition, 27, 37
self-affirmations.
See
affirmations
self-awareness
dealing with stress, 179–81
in intenSati workout, 89–91, 99
in meditation, 241, 245, 246, 258
self-esteem, 94, 96–97
self-monitoring, 229–30, 231
self-worth, 70, 180, 259–60
semantic memory, 46–47, 48, 59
serotonin, 93, 105
set point theory, 88
seven-minute workouts, 178
Shannon, Erika, 99
Shaw, Fiona, 232
sleep, 170, 237
Small, Scott, 122, 125
smart pills, 120, 154
smell, and olfactory bulb, 33–34, 37
olfactory Brain Hack, 38–39
social anxiety disorder (SAD), 250–51, 267
social life, 70–73, 96–97, 127–27.
See also
dating
Society for Neuroscience (2005), 242–43
socioeconomic status, in correlational studies, 117
Sontag, Susan, 71
Sound of Music, The
(musical), 9
Spanish Civil War, 219
Spark: How Creativity Works
(Burstein), 234
spirituality, 255–57
spontaneous forms of creativity, 217–19
squats, 134
Squire, Larry, 30, 42, 49, 72–73
stair exercise, 133, 161
Stanford University, 240, 250
Stradivarius, 51
stress (stress response), 163–85
adverse effects of, 163–64
animal (rat) studies, 168, 175, 176–78
beneficial effects of, 163
body’s response systems, 164–66, 183
brain areas affected by, 167–69, 183
Brain Hacks, 184–85
exercise for, 176–79, 180
management strategies, 172, 184–85
in relationships, 173–74
resilience and, 175
sources of, 163, 166–67, 169–72, 173–74, 184
Suzuki’s new approach to, 178–83
as warning system, 163
stress inoculation, 175, 183
stress tests, 176
striatum, 15
exercise and, 153
habits and, 15, 48
PPA and, 225, 227
sugar addiction, 197
surprise
memory and, 75, 76, 77
as teaching tool, 145–46
sympathetic nervous system, and stress, 164–65, 166–67, 183
synapses, 15, 18, 58, 93
synchronous brain activity, 243–45
taste, and olfactory bulb, 33–34, 37
taste cortex Brain Hack, 38
Tavolacci, John, 198
taxicab driver study, of brain plasticity, 23–25, 37
Teach for America, 140
teaching assistants (TAs), 145–46
teaching tools, 145–46
teeth-brushing exercises, 134
temporal lobe, 15, 45–51, 54–59
ten percent of the brain myth, 216–17
testosterone, 95, 144
thank-yous, 184, 203
Tibetan Buddhism, 242–43, 245, 256
Tiny Habits, 240–41
“tragic gap,” 234–35
traumatic brain injury (TBI), and exercise, 148–52
Troland Research Award, 72–74
Twix candy bar, 84, 87, 197
type 2 diabetes, 140
University College London, 23
University of Bordeaux, 29–30, 34–30
University of California, Berkeley, 12–15, 17–22, 26, 34–35, 41
University of California, San Diego, 30, 42, 49, 50, 53, 54, 70
Suzuki’s doctoral dissertation at, 53, 169–70, 171–72
University of Oregon, 202
University of Washington, 27
Unraveling Bolero
(Adams), 226, 227, 228
ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), 32, 37, 175, 222, 229
ventral striatum, 32, 37
ventral tegmental area (VTA), 190, 194, 204–5
visual cortex Brain Hack, 38
voluntary nervous system, and stress, 164, 183
volunteering, 202–3, 210
walking, 106, 233
wanting (motivation) response, and reward system, 189–99, 200
weight loss, 82, 86–89, 91
wine, and brain plasticity, 33–34
Wing-Davey, Mark, 230–31
Women
(Leibovitz), 71
women in science, 1–2
working memory, 48, 168–69, 219–21
workout buddies, 106
workouts.
See
exercise; intenSati
workout schedule, 106, 154–55
World Science Festival (New York City), 229
World Series (2014), 68
Xerox, 216
yoga, 5, 154, 252
yummy face, 191
Zambezi River, 80
Zamperini, Louis, 175
Zatorre, Robert, 32
Zola-Morgan, Stuart, 30, 42, 49
Zuckerberg, Mark, 213
WENDY SUZUKI, PhD,
runs an interactive research lab at New York University, where her work has been recognized with numerous awards including the prestigious Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences. Her research has focused on understanding the patterns of brain activity underlying long-term memory and, more recently, how aerobic exercise might improve our learning, memory, and cognitive abilities. She is a two-time TEDx speaker and is regularly interviewed on television and in print about her work on the effects of exercise on brain function. She lectures nationally and internationally on her research and serves as a reviewer for many of the top neuroscience journals. She lives in New York City.
www.suzukilab.com
BILLIE FITZPATRICK
has coauthored numerous books, including several
New York Times
bestsellers. She specializes in mind-body health, neuroscience, nutrition, and diet and fitness.
www.billiefitzpatrick.com
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