Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life

See also
hemispheres of brain
left frontal lobe, 4, 45–50, 60–66
cognitive-behavioral therapy and, 
56–58
constructing narratives and, 55–56
passivity 
vs.
action, 66–68
positive thinking and, 50–55, 58–60
See also
frontal lobe
leptin, 129
L-glutamine, 97, 99
light
depression and, 53
sleep and, 128, 131, 176–177
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link, 80, 82–83
linoleic acid (LA), 107
lipids, 107
liver, 31–32
lobes, defi ned, 4. 
See also
frontal lobe; 
temporal lobe
loci, 80, 81–82, 84
Loewi, Otto, 130
loneliness. 
See
social medicine
long-term depression (LTD), 12
long-term memory, 70, 74–79
long-term potentiation (LTP), 11, 12, 
33, 126
love, 160–163
low-density lipoprotein (LDL), 112
L-phenylalanine, 99
L-tryptophan, 98, 99, 100
exercise and, 121
sleep and, 132
Ludiomil, 8
MacArthur Study on Successful 
Aging, 182
macronutrients, 104–106
Maddi, Salvator, 172–173
magnesium, 105, 133
Main, Mary, 153, 155
malondialdehyde (MDA), 96
marinade, vitamin depletion from, 
100
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
(MIT), 96–97, 98
massage, 147–148
maternal depression, 150
math
exercise and, 125
nutrition and, 93
meat marinade, vitamin depletion 
from, 100
media, attention and, 191
medication
neurotransmitters and, 7–8
sleep and, 132, 135–136
See also
individual names of 
medication
meditation, 196–197
compassion meditation, 202
insight meditation, 199
parasympathetic meditation, 
195–198
See also
mindful attitude
melatonin, 54, 128
Melbourne, Australia (nutrition 
study), 114
memory, 5, 8–10, 69–72
associations and mnemonic devices, 
71, 79–84, 87
attention and, 72–74
consolidation, 77
improving, 84–87
nutrition and, 93
types of, 74–79
Mendeleyev, Dmitry, 130
metabolism, 122
micronutrients, 104–106
Milner, Brenda, 76
mindful attitude, 17, 187–190
attention and, 191–193
effect on brain, 201–205
focused attention and, 193–195
parasympathetic meditation and, 
195–198
practicing mindfulness and, 
199–201
mindfulness meditation, 17, 42
mind reading, 58
minerals, 98–106, 133
mirror neurons, 2, 16–17
social brain and, 142
social connecting/social medicine 
and, 59–60, 157–160
super mirror neurons, 159
mitochondria, 122
mnemonic devices, 71, 79–84, 87
Mnemosyne, 81
modules of brain, 3
See also
cortex; frontal lobe; 
hemispheres of brain; left frontal 
lobe; temporal lobe
Molaise, Henry (“HM”), 76
Mona Lisa
(da Vinci), 52
mood, 47–50
attachment and, 156–157
positive thinking and, 50–55, 58–60
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resiliency, 171–172
See also
anger; anxiety; depression
motivation
left frontal lobe and, 65
stress and, 35
musicians, 10
myelin, 111
Naperville (Illinois) school system, 
124–125
narrative
changing, 42–44
constructing, 55–56
National Institutes of Health, 108
natural killer (NK) cells, 53
negative core beliefs, 44
negative feedback loop, nurturance 
and, 151
negative sleep thoughts (NSTs), 
137–138
neglect, 148–152
nerve growth factor, 126
neurogenesis, 2
brain-derived neurotrophic factor 
and, 11–12
defi ned, 14
exercise and, 55, 119, 123
neuromodulators, 7–8, 163
neurons
depression and, 63
mood and, 47
neuroplasticity and function of, 6–8
nutrition and, 108
overcoming fear and, 27
sleep and, 130
spindle cells, 13–17