on the brain
idiom
informal
: always in one's thoughts
I've had pizza on the brain all day.
He's got sex on the brain.
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These rules were based on the brain circuits which allowed a sea slug to forage.
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Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2024
This means that scientists now have a promising tool to study estrogen’s impact on the brain without needing invasive procedures.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 25 June 2024
This gives them the potential to act on the brain and stimulate those receptors for longer periods, Mojsov says.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
But a grid on the brain’s surface would be safer, and could potentially detect the activity of many more neurons.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 13 June 2024
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Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2024
This means that scientists now have a promising tool to study estrogen’s impact on the brain without needing invasive procedures.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 25 June 2024
This gives them the potential to act on the brain and stimulate those receptors for longer periods, Mojsov says.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
But a grid on the brain’s surface would be safer, and could potentially detect the activity of many more neurons.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 13 June 2024
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