Belichick, celebrated for his cerebral approach to football, took a cruder stance.

However, when he began to compose music in his 20s, he rejected a purely cerebral approach.

Now France, with its cerebral and self-effacing approach to dance culture, is setting pop's pace.

With A Beautiful Lie, it was time to take a more personal and less cerebral approach.

This cerebral and even ethereal approach to life's dilemmas in turn affects the way French society as a whole works, including politics and diplomacy.

Et in Arcadia ego, a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right), exemplifies his cerebral approach.

However, one beauty of learning a sport late in life is that coaches may employ a cerebral approach, complete with mnemonic devices.

In many countries, that cerebral approach to composing is now being forgotten and composers are returning to consonant music.

Mr. Blaik brought a cerebral approach to football and was an inventive organizer.

The game placed less of an emphasis on the action elements so prominent in the first two games, instead preferring a more cerebral approach.