Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as "close friends".
I have noticed that many children become wired at night, fighting sleep and bedtimes.
In his wildest dreams, he sees it helping developing countries to build modern data networks without the need to become wired first.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01482.001 For the nervous system to become wired up correctly, neurons within the developing embryo must project over long distances to form connections with remote targets.
The neural circuits underlying our attachments to the various conveniences that fossil fuels provide also become wired in.
While adults experience sleep deprivation as drowsiness and sluggishness, sleepless children often become wired, moody and obstinate; they may have trouble focusing, sitting still and getting along with peers.
In response, the appetite regulatory circuits may become wired in such a way that the "lack-of-satiety" signal is permanently on and leads, in some unexplored way, to hyperghrelinemia and mealtime extension.
The female brain, then, becomes wired -- from exposure to early stimulation as well as from genetic birthright -- to be more relational, more interested in inter-personal connection.
In addition our bodies have become "hard wired" to utilize the mechanism of redox stress injury to fend off invading infectious organisms and survive our environment.
Studies have shown that if you have mastered a second language, your brain will become better wired to learn other new languages.
