hyperactive
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"In normative aging, hippocampal activation is deemphasized, which is probably what should be happening in a 70-year-old. But in many cases of Alzheimer's, it turns out the hippocampus is hyperactive," he said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
As Katherine Bindley reports, people are being wowed by the their personal AI agents—but the hyperactive helpers can go off script.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"I was just very hyperactive and they were just super-patient with me and I got dropped in to learn the trade."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Notably, those same hippocampal regions have also been found to be hyperactive in people carrying APOE4.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Then I put in the grid—a grid laid out by a hyperactive designer, with blocks going in all different directions.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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