Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life

See also
sleep
explicit memory, 14–15, 75–79
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exposure, 39
externalizing problems, 59
facial expression, 183
facial muscles, hemispheric 
asymmetry and, 51
false alarms, stress and, 29–34
fat. 
See
body fat; dietary fat
fatty acids. 
See
essential fatty acids; 
trans-fatty acids
fear, 15–17, 25–29
memory and, 77
stress and false alarms, 29–34
See also
fi ght-or-fl ight response
FEED method, 17–20
to cultivate wisdom, 183–184
defi ned, 17–20
focus for overcoming fear, 26, 35
labeling emotions and, 47, 55
left frontal lobe, 59
Fehmi, Les, 194–195
fi broblast growth factor (FGF-2), 122, 
123
Field, Tiffany, 150
fi ght-or-fl ight response, 15, 29–34
exercise and, 120
overcoming fear and, 42–44
relaxation response and, 36–38
See also
fear
Finland (nutrition study), 116
fi ve-hour hypothesis, of sleep, 135
fl avonoids, 105–106
focus, 17, 18
depression and, 66, 67
focused attention, 193–195
See also
FEED method
folic acid (vitamin B
9
), 101, 102
foods. 
See
nutrition
free radicals, oxidation and, 96, 103, 
110–111, 122
Freud, Sigmund, 78
fried foods, 114
frontal lobe, 4
activating, and changing narrative, 
42–44
as “executive brain,” 16
mindful attitude and, 190
overcoming anxiety and, 26, 27, 34
See also
left frontal lobe
frowning, 52
full-spectrum light, 54
functional magnetic resonance imaging 
(fMRI), 17
Gage, Phineas, 5–6
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), 7
depression and, 63
exercise and, 121
nutrition and, 97, 99
See also
neurotransmitters
gamma-band oscillation, 202
gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), 110
gastrin, 94
gender, brain anatomy and, 3–5
generalized anxiety, 42, 134
genetics
exercise and, 123, 126
social medicine and, 151
Germany (attachment study), 154
ghrelin, 129
glial cells, 111
glucose
cortisol and, 31
exercise and, 122
memory and, 77
metabolism, 57
nutrition and, 94–97
glutamate, 7, 11, 33. 
See also
neurotransmitters
glycation, 96
glycemic load (GL), 96
glycogen, 31
Harvard University, 36, 96, 178, 
180–181
hemispheres of brain
asymmetry and, 51, 171–172, 183
narratives and, 55–56
“right-brain”/“left-brain” people, 3
high-density lipoprotein (HDL), 112
hippocampus, 14–15
body fat correlation to, 177
cognitive behavioral therapy and, 56
exercise and, 126
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)
language and, 4–5
memory and, 76, 77–79
overcoming fear and, 32–34, 42
oxygen and, 178
social medicine and, 150–151
“HM” (Henry Molaise), 76
homocysteine, 101
humor, 53
neuroplasticity and, 52–53
resiliency and, 184–185
hybrid yoga, 197–198
hyperglycemia, 95–97
hypnotherapy, 195–196
hypocapnic alkalosis, 38
hypoglycemia, 95–97
hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) 
axis, 31–34, 43
hypothyroidism, 141
Iacoboni, Marco, 159
immune system
humor and, 53
social medicine and, 147
immunoglobulin, 53
immunosurveillance, 53
implicit memory, 14, 15, 75–79
“infantile amnesia,” 78
infl ammation
belly fat and, 115–116
exercise for, 125–127
insight meditation, 199
insomnia, 117–119
avoiding, 130–132
minimum requirements for 
sleep and, 135
sleep aids and, 135–136
sleep scheduling for, 136–138
symptoms of, 133–135
techniques for achieving sleep, 
138–139
insula, 146, 201–202
insulin
insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), 
122–123, 126
stress and, 31–32
inverted 
U,
35–36
iron, 105
isoprostanes, 96, 110–111
Japan
attachment study, 154
nutrition study, 116
Johns Hopkins University, 153
Kaiser Permanente, 177
Kirsch, Irving, 57
Kobasa, Suzanne, 172–173
Korea (nutrition study), 115
labeling
for depression, 47, 55
mindful attitude and, 198, 204
Lambert, Kelly, 50
language
gender and, 4–5
hemispheric asymmetry and 
depression, 51
left frontal lobe and, 47, 56
long-term depression (LTD) 
mechanisms and, 12
mirror neurons and, 157–158
semantic memory and, 75–79
laughter, 184
learning
cognitive reserve and, 179–181
exercise and, 123–124
memory and, 77
lecithin, 112–113
LeDoux, Joseph, 33, 77
“left-brain” people, 3.