Brain-scanning studies of artists being creative — improvising music, rapping or drawing caricatures — showed deactivation in a part of the brain involved in planning and monitoring behavior.
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Deactivation
//ˌdiːæktɪˈveɪʃən//
Synonyms for "deactivation" (16 found)
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12 translations across 9 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- desactivació noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
French
1 entries- désactivation noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
Greek
1 entries- απενεργοποίηση noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
Italian
1 entries- disattivazione noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
Polish
1 entries- dezaktywacja noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
Portuguese
1 entries- desativação noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
Russian
3 entries- деактива́ция noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
- дезактива́ция noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
- отключе́ние noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
Spanish
1 entries- desactivación noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відклю́чення noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
- деактива́ція noun (the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm)
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