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Deprived of a stimulating environment, a child's brain suffers. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, for example, have found that children who don't play much or are rarely touched develop brains 20% to 30% smaller than normal for their age. Laboratory animals provide another provocative parallel. Not only do young rats reared in toy-strewn cages exhibit more complex behavior than rats confined to sterile, uninteresting boxes, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found, but the brains of these rats contain as many as 25% more synapses per neuron. Rich experiences, in other words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FERTILE MINDS | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

BORN: Dec. 28, 1956, San Angelo EDUCATION: U of Texas, B.A. 1980; Baylor U, D.D.S., 1984 FAMILY: Wife, Janice Van Amburgh; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Dentist; cattle rancher POLITICAL CAREER: San Angelo City Council, 1992-95 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 5516, San Angelo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: TEXAS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

BORN: April 17, 1957, Minneapolis, Minn. EDUCATION: Texas Tech, B.A., 1978; Baylor U, J.D., 1981 FAMILY: Wife, Suzanne; two children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 6, Longview...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: TEXAS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

BORN: Sept. 29, 1952, Texarkana EDUCATION: Baylor, B.A., 1975, J.D., 1978 FAMILY: Wife, Leslie; four children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; county judge; fuel-company executive POLITICAL CAREER: Harrison County Democratic party chair, 1984-86; Harrison County judge, 1986-89; Harrison County Court at law judge, 1989-95 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1281, Marshall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: TEXAS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

BORN: Dec. 19, 1963, Baytown EDUCATION: Baylor U, B.A., 1986; U of Chicago, J.D., 1989 FAMILY: Wife, Carol Woodworth; two children RELIGION: Southern Baptist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 4654 Beechnut, Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: TEXAS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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