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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewire.

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Examples

  • BBC article claiming that singing 'rewires' the damaged brain in stroke victims and allows them to communicate more effectively. it would depend entirley on the song, and whether or not they do requests

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Teaching stroke patients to sing "rewires" their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scientists.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

  • Teaching stroke patients to sing "rewires" their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scientists.

    WN.com - Articles related to Sleep your way to health and happiness 2010

  • Teaching stroke patients to sing "rewires" their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scientists.

    WN.com - Articles related to Sleep your way to health and happiness 2010

  • Teaching stroke patients to sing "rewires" their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scientists.

    PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All 2010

  • Extrapolating from the sagacity of Western philosophers like Plato and Marshall McLuhan and guided by recent, pertinent discoveries in neuroscience, Carr argues that the Internet physically "rewires" our brain to where we end up acting like computers - avaricious gobblers of information -- and our grip on what it means to be human slackens.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Teaching stroke patients to sing "rewires" their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scientists.

    AMERICAblog News Chris in Paris 2010

  • Intense reading program 'rewires' kids 'brains: Study

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • Intense reading program 'rewires' kids 'brains: Study

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • Worn for practice-walking just 20-30 minutes a day, GaitAid improves walking (sometimes from the first step) and "rewires" the wearer's brain to follow a healthier walking pattern-an effect that often continues even when it isn't being worn.

    Impact Lab 2009

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