Each new generation of children grows up in the new environment its parents have created, and each generation of brains becomes wired in a different way.
The way you navigate professional landscapes and manage relationships in yours 20s becomes wired into your brain.
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.
The athlete's brain, just like that of any other addict, becomes "wired up" for the release of euphoria-causing endorphins during exercise.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01279.001 A key question in neurobiology is how the brain becomes wired up.
It was only after daily delivery that the country became "wired," in the sense that if something happened in Washington or France or the Congo one evening, everyone would know about it by the next morning.
In his wildest dreams, he sees it helping developing countries to build modern data networks without the need to become wired first.
The neural circuits underlying our attachments to the various conveniences that fossil fuels provide also become wired in.
Senegal became wired for Internet use in 1996, providing the opportunity for many technology-based services to develop in the country.
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.
