Ben Affleck

Anxiety is a kind of fuel that activates the fight-or-flight part of the brain in me. It makes sure that a velociraptor isn't around the corner and that you do as much as you possibly can to survive. Because Hollywood has a lot in common with 'Jurassic Park' and its primeval-dinosaur universe.

American Actor

George C. Wolfe

I love working with a set designer because, in many respects, you meet the set designer before you meet the actors. So it's a chance for me as a director to figure out what I'm thinking and to explore how the space is going to actually be activated.

American Playwright

Matthew Hussey

The whole 'Secret' sensation really rubbed me the wrong way; I just don't believe in it. The grain of truth is that what you focus on you'll get more of, and that's got to do with the reticular activating system in your brain, not 'The Secret.

British Celebrity

Eric Liu

What we should celebrate more than diversity is what we do with it. How do we bring everyone in the tent and create something together? In a twenty-first century way that activates our true potential, we all need to become sworn-again.

American Writer

Jane Siberry

Anything that activates the joy center in the brain makes you happy, and therefore protects you. Oddly enough, that's what they do in 'Harry Potter': The nurse gives the kids chocolates when they've been near the Dementors!

Canadian Musician

Eve Ensler

Cancer essentially lives in us and becomes activated at some point, and then cells begin to psychotically divide. Initially, the cancer cell looks like other cells and the body invites it in.

Paul Allen

I'm trying to show people that they can activate their own passions and find their own path.

American Businessman

Maxine Waters

It's very important that people who are feeling the need to do something... get activated.

American Politician

Taylor Hanson

You have to lead people to get excited and be passionate and be activated by what you do.

American Musician

Conor Cruise O'Brien

Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity.

Irish Politician

Typically involves a manual action like pressing a button or flipping a switch.

Physical Interaction

Marks the moment something starts operating or takes effect.

Initiation Point

Usually used in tech to start a service or program function, requiring a process.

Tech Terms

Common with software, linking activation to unique codes or licenses.

Licenses and Codes

Refers to triggering or accelerating specific scientific reactions or processes.

Scientific Procedures

Used to describe how substances like enzymes cause reactions to happen quicker.

Biological Catalyst

In health, often describes engaging body systems to achieve a therapeutic goal.

Health Context

Specific to activating the body’s defenses against illness or disease.

Immune Activation

 so every passing second your brain is learning something new learning how the world works and so the muscle of your brain is activated and as you get older and your brain has figured out the patterns of the way the world works this is how you make money this is how you graduate school this is how you get

Life Lessons From a...

 to take your hand off a hot stove, for example. But modulation networks are also activated that deliver endorphins and enkephalins, chemicals released when you're in pain or during extreme exercise, creating the runner's high. These chemical systems help regulate and reduce pain.

How does your brain...

 It seems like you're out of luck, unless you look at the rules carefully and notice an important exception. It's true that once you activate the switch in a contaminated room, it's destroyed and you can never go back. But there's one room that wasn't contaminated - the entrance.

Can you solve the virus...

 is more than noticing perfume or cologne. It's able to pick up on natural chemical signals known as pheromones. These not only convey important physical or genetic information about their source but are able to activate a physiological or behavioral response in the recipient.

The science of...

 Since sugar is everywhere, it's important to understand how it affects the brain. What happens when sugar hits your tongue? And does eating a little bit of sugar make you crave more? You take a bite of cereal. The sugars it contains activate the sweet-taste receptors,

How sugar affects the...

 Neurons in your brain have receptors perfectly tailored to this molecule. When adenosine docks to these receptors, it activates a cascade of biochemical reactions that cause neurons to fire more sluggishly and slow the release of important brain-signaling molecules.

How does caffeine keep...

 come into contact with water, they immediately activate and the chlorophyll activates inside. and immediately comes back and starts photosynthesizing, bringing them back to life an incredible drought resistant plant. That's amazing how quickly they they do that.

Spotting the World's...

 This enables increased blood flow, which helpfully accelerates the body's immune response to this perceived threat. That explains the swelling, and it's the same reason pollen can make your eyes puff up. Histamine also activates the nerves involved in itching,

Why do we itch? - Emma...

 to oxygenated blood flow we can see that looking at nature scenes activates many parts of the brain now it's early days research wise but we do see one interesting finding is that many of these regions have activated many

Nature is the...

 and this system is activated over and over and over again, and it goes from being adaptive, or life-saving, to maladaptive, or health-damaging.

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