She is best known for her work on the human brain.
她在对人脑的研究方面最为知名。
Surely everyone reading this has had times when you lie in bed for hours, unable to fall asleep, because your brain is thinking about work.
所有读到这篇文章的人肯定都有过这样的经历：因为脑子在想着工作，躺在床上好几个小时都无法入睡。
Your brain is fresh and ready to work on new things.
你的大脑此时充满活力，为新工作做好了准备。
What matters is that we have seen courage at work in the brain, and we all have the same basic neural equipment.
重要的是，我们已经看到了，在大脑中勇气在起作用，而我们每个人都有同样的基本神经构成。
But if rest is the goal, why does our brain remain hard at work?
但是如果目的仅是休息，为什么我们的大脑仍然保持辛苦的工作状态呢？
What you may not realize, Achor says, is that after two hours of continuous work, your brain function actually slows and your body starts to rapidly accumulate stress and strain.
而阿克尔认为，人们不知道的是连续工作两小时后，他们的大脑便会反应迟缓，而身体则会迅速积攒压力和紧张。
Another problem is that brain patterns differ greatly between individuals, and so for the technology to work brain activity must first be analysed for up to three hours.
另一个问题是每个人大脑的思维模式有很大的不同，因此第一次使用时必须分析人的大脑三个小时以上。
Timing: Apt timing is as important as surprise, because if you give the brain too much time to work out a situation or joke, the funny moment will pass by.
把握时机：时机把握和“出其不意”同样重要，因为大脑如果有很多时间对一个情景或者笑话做出反应，有趣的瞬间就会溜走。
Leptin tells the brain to stop eating once the stomach is full, but fails to work effectively in most obese people, according to the study by researchers at the Harvard Medical School.
瘦素在胃部饱了的时候，就会“告诉”大脑该停止吃东西了，但是按照哈佛医学院研究人员的研究，它对大多数肥胖人群并不管用。
Remember to avoid excessive alcohol and drugs. Drugs and alcohol can harm your thinking by making it harder for your brain to work properly. Moderation is the key.
记住不要饮酒过度，远离毒品。毒品和酒精能够使你的大脑超正常运转而危害你的思想。适度是关键。
Is your brain brimming with bright ideas that could help your firm generate revenues, cut expenses, or streamline work functions?
你是否满脑子都是给公司创造收益，消减开支，或者疏通工作流程的好想法呢？
"It's a work in progress, but we believe that the expression of genes in the brain and how they are regulated is at least an indicator of how well someone is aging," Yankner says.
这项工作还未结束，但我们认为，大脑中的基因表达及调控——至少是研究个体老化的一个指针。
The human brain is an incredible work of art and providing it with simple challenges will keep it fresh and alive.
因此，对于人脑这样一件不可思议的艺术品，每天对他来一点简单的小挑战可以让他保持新鲜感和充满活力。
The eye reflex is mediated by the brain stem, and that's the area that keeps us alive; if that doesn't work, then that means that the brain itself isn't working.
眼睛的反映是受脑干控制的，而脑干正是保持生命存活的关键区域，假如脑干停止工作，就意味着大脑本身不工作了。
Evolutionary biologists have developed models to show how this might work, but it is only now that neuroscientists are catching the first glimpses of how altruistic behaviour happens in the brain.
进化生物学家早已建立了关于这个过程是如何实现实现的模型，但是知道现在神经系统科学家才初步窥探到了大脑中这种利他行为的表现形式的冰山一角。
There is no cure and existing drugs, which raise levels of key brain chemicals, do not work for everyone and their effects wear off over time.
没有药物能治愈它，也没有药物对此有长期疗效。 那些提升大脑关键化学成分的药物不是对每个人都适用，而且它们的药效也会随着时间流逝而减弱。
If your brain is not functioning properly, and a drug can make it work better, then it makes sense to take the pill.
如果大脑运转不灵，而吃药能够起到作用那就无可厚非了。
Dr Shors says that her work has shown that the female brain, at least, is very plastic, changing dramatically during life in response to pregnancy and menopause as well as puberty.
Shors博士说她的研究发现至少在女性中大脑是极具可塑性的，在怀孕、闭经和青春期都有显著变化。
A strange phenomenon I have identified, both in myself and other work colleagues, is "lazy brain".
在我自己和同事们的身上，我都会发现一种奇怪的情况就是懒于动脑。
This work is important partly because I feel it speaks to a couple scientific mysteries in the brain.
这个研究工作很重要，一部分原因是，我觉得他有助于揭开大脑中若干科学之谜。
If your energy dips in the late afternoon, you can choose to do work that is easier and USES less brain power during this time.
如果在傍晚精力达到低谷，在此期间，可以选择做比较容易的用脑力较少的工作。
Based on past clinical work, the authors knew that working the brain in a way that increases neural plasticity is beneficial to vision.
根据以往的临床工作，研究人员知道通过增加神经可塑性的方式影响大脑，可以改善视力。
Also, Nisbett's work demonstrates how elastic the mind is in that societal changes will inevitably affect the way the brain works.
此外，尼斯贝特的工作证实了思想的可塑性，社会的变化将不可避免地影响到大脑的工作方式。
When you're taking a big math test, you know that your brain is hard at work.
在参加数学测验时，你知道自己的脑子正在全力运转。
The new trial, which involves 15 volunteers aged 25 to 45, is designed to investigate how well the spray and neuropeptide Y work in the brain, and the effects will be compared with a placebo.
新的试验包括调查15个25—45岁的志愿者，喷剂和神经肽Y在大脑中如何运作，效果将跟一种安慰剂进行对比。
The idea is to work your brain to the limit, she says.
她说，其原理就是将脑部使用到极致。
The human brain has to work harder to process language and communication with somebody who is not physically present.
非面对面交谈使人的大脑需要更努力地处理语言和交流信息。
The difference with Anna is that it is possible to work out which part of the brain is responsible for the behaviour and so offer options for treating the symptoms in people.
安娜的不同之处在于，找出安娜脑部相关负责区域是有可能的，借此，为患者提供医疗手段。
But if you want to think, find out, you have not only to use your brain, which is extraordinarily active, if you want money you work like hell to get it.
但是如果你想思考，想发现，你就不仅仅要用你的大脑，它是极其活跃的，如果你想要赚钱，你就会拼命工作。
But if you want to think, find out, you have not only to use your brain, which is extraordinarily active, if you want money you work like hell to get it.
但是如果你想思考，想发现，你就不仅仅要用你的大脑，它是极其活跃的，如果你想要赚钱，你就会拼命工作。
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