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  • noun Plural form of circuit.

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Examples

  • He says hundreds of labs are now using the technique because it lets scientists control a wide range of brain circuits with just a pulse of light.

    Sensory Deception: Lab Mice Can 'Smell' Light 2010

  • He says hundreds of labs are now using the technique because it lets scientists control a wide range of brain circuits with just a pulse of light.

    Sensory Deception: Lab Mice Can 'Smell' Light 2010

  • Contemplative neuroscientists say that making a habit of meditation can strengthen brain circuits responsible for maintaining concentration and generating empathy.

    Can Meditation Change Your Brain? cnn.com 2010

  • Researchers have discovered a correlation between increased activity among brain circuits and flashbacks among individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

    PTSD Linked to Increased Activity in the Brain The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Contemplative neuroscientists say that making a habit of meditation can strengthen brain circuits responsible for maintaining concentration and generating empathy.

    Can Meditation Change Your Brain? cnn.com 2010

  • Contemplative neuroscientists say that making a habit of meditation can strengthen brain circuits responsible for maintaining concentration and generating empathy ....

    Can Meditation Change Your Brain? cnn.com 2010

  • The digits dialed are used to designate which announcement to play (Thank you for voting for contestant 2″), but the circuits are pooled, so the probability of a given call being blocked due to a lack of announcement circuits is the same regardless of which number was dialed.

    What “American Idol” Can Teach Us About Stats 2009

  • (See the image at top from Stanford University's Optogenetics Resource Center, led by optogenetics pioneer Karl Deisseroth.) "We are inventing new tools for analyzing and engineering brain circuits," says Ed Boyden, director of MIT's Synthetic Neurobiology Group and a leader in the field.

    Mind control with sound and light - Boing Boing 2009

  • Contemplative neuroscientists say that making a habit of meditation can strengthen brain circuits responsible for maintaining concentration and generating empathy ....

    Can Meditation Change Your Brain? cnn.com 2010

  • Contemplative neuroscientists say that making a habit of meditation can strengthen brain circuits responsible for maintaining concentration and generating empathy.

    Can Meditation Change Your Brain? The Huffington Post News Team 2010

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