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  • adjective activated too often, or to too great a degree

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over- +‎ activated

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Examples

  • Brain-imaging studies show us that the brain's attention center is overactivated in relation to the dreaded outcome; thus we may be able to practice alternate foci of attention and build new brain pathways that are focused on what we want rather than what we do not want.

    Srinivasan Pillay: The Moral Brain: 5 Tips for Transcending Moral Dilemmas 2010

  • Here is a short list of the effects of an overactivated stress response over the long term.10 I list these here just to show you the extent of the research and our understanding of how stress negatively affects us and our brains.

    The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009

  • However, in the modern world this system is overactivated.

    The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009

  • Brain scans are now showing that when dyslexics try to decipher words, certain areas in the back of the brain are underactivated, while other areas in the front are overactivated.

    Dyslexia And The New Science Of Reading 2008

  • At the other end of the curve, athletes are overactivated or too stimulated to concentrate.

    Find Your Focus Zone PhD Lucy Jo Palladino 2007

  • We accept as normal a chronic state of being either overactivated or exhausted.

    Find Your Focus Zone PhD Lucy Jo Palladino 2007

  • At the other end of the curve, athletes are overactivated or too stimulated to concentrate.

    Find Your Focus Zone PhD Lucy Jo Palladino 2007

  • At the other end of the curve, athletes are overactivated or too stimulated to concentrate.

    Find Your Focus Zone PhD Lucy Jo Palladino 2007

  • We accept as normal a chronic state of being either overactivated or exhausted.

    Find Your Focus Zone PhD Lucy Jo Palladino 2007

  • We accept as normal a chronic state of being either overactivated or exhausted.

    Find Your Focus Zone PhD Lucy Jo Palladino 2007

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