They were taught that the brain is like a muscle that gets stronger with use and that learning prompts the brain to grow new connections.

This helps them pick the right startups, and means they can supply advice and connections as well as money.

They have good connections in the government.

Only years later did we understand the trade-offs this involved: the creation of excessive bureaucracies(官僚機構(gòu)),the difficulty of forging personal connections between teachers and students.

With computers and Internet connections in so many households, colleges, business, people e-mailing friends and relatives all the time—or talking to them in writing in online chat rooms.

Although there is a connection, there is also a distinction.

Crowdfunding can be part of researchers’ efforts to reach the public, and people give because "they feel a connection to the person" who is doing the fundraising—not necessarily to the science.

I've had the idea for some time that Jack Green's been busy stirring things up in connection with the latest wage claim.

Jody has created several different presentations which she gives to different types of audiences, and she tries to establish an emotional connection with the students so that they will feel comfortable asking questions or talking to her privately.

The experiment was a grand success and Talleyrand's association with French nobility would prove a profitable connection for Careme.

This connection happens not only by means of collaborative development, review and testing, but also at conferences where faculty regularly decide on their textbooks and curricula for the coming year.

Researchers who share get plenty of personal benefits, including more connections with colleagues, improved visibility and increased citations.

They seem to be turning inward—generally in a pro-social manner, certainly with positive benefits for intimate relationships, but too often at the expense of a connection with the present and future world beyond, including the society they will one day inherit.

The prime minister denied there was a connection between his news adviser's outside interests and the change in legislative programme.

They spend a lot of time building strong connections with businesses.

By sanctioning this watered-down version of college, universities are catering to the social and educational needs of wealthy students at the expense of others who won't enjoy the financial backing or social connections of richer students once they graduate.

They allow young people to exchange moment-by-moment experiences in their daily lives with special partners and thus to have a more continuous sense of connection with friends.

Cell phonesfoster social connections with peers across time and space.

In an earlier generation, we lost our connection to the land, and now we are losing our connection to the machinery we depend on," says Michael Hout, a sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley.

Corporations in Germany realized that there was an interest to be served economically and patriotically in building up a skilled labor force at home; we never had that ethos (風(fēng)氣)," says Richard Sennett, a New York University sociologist who has written about the connection of craft and culture.

Many cell phones allow users to surf the Web, but only some newer ones are capable of wireless connection to the local area computer network

With the iPhone, those networks may provide faster connections and longer battery life than AT&T's data network.

Writer friends of mine pay good money to get the Freedom software that enables them to disable the very Internet connections that seemed so emancipating not long ago.

Two friends of mine observe an "Internet sabbath（安息日）"every week, turning off their online connections from Friday night to Monday morning

Granted, these producers'avings probably translate into lower prices at the grocery store, but how many consumers make that mental connection at the checkout counter

The profound connection between identity and communication is dramatically evident in children who are deprived of human contact.

In fact, almost every interview I've ever had was due to a connection—one that I've gained through pure determination, not a school brand.

It's no wonder that new applications for the Internet of Things are moving ahead fast when almost every new device we buy has a plug on the end of it or a wireless connection to the internet.

They seem to be turning inward—generally in a pro-social manner, certainly with positive benefits for intimate relationships, but too often at the expense of a connection with the present and future world beyond, including the society they will one day in

We are usually tired already by the time we get on a plane, and the crowded apace and unstable Internet connection make work more challenging.