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a posição padrão é de

English translation: the default state

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Portuguese term or phrase:a posição padrão
English translation:the default state
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

13:04 May 30, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: a posição padrão é de
Context:

Segundo o psicólogo Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi alega que, se não estamos ocupadps com outros pensamentos, a posição padrão do cérebro é de preocupar-se.

Worrying about things (negative thoughts) as opposed to positive thoughts.

Muita Obrigada,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 05:11
the default state of our brains is worry
Explanation:
Reference: Mihaly's "Flow" theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi#Flow
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Ligia Costa
Brazil
Local time: 06:11
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4 +5the default state of our brains is worry
Ligia Costa
4the standard status of one's brain is worried
Mario Freitas


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the standard status of one's brain is worried


Explanation:
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 06:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
the default state of our brains is worry


Explanation:
Reference: Mihaly's "Flow" theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi#Flow

Ligia Costa
Brazil
Local time: 06:11
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Taylor
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Nick.
agree  T o b i a s
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tobias.
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: But 'brain' singular is a little more natural.
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Muriel.
agree  António Ribeiro
1 day 45 mins
  -> Thanks, ajarbr.
agree  Beatriz Baker Méio
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Beatriz.
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