Word: braine
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Charles Morin, a professor of psychology at Laval University in Quebec, the J.A.M.A. study is the latest in a series of sleep experiments stretching back 50 years. Much remains mysterious. Despite thousands of hours measuring the brain waves of unconscious subjects, monitoring their breathing and noting the effects of sleep deprivation, scientists still don't know the answers to some of the most basic questions, like why we need to sleep in the first place. That hasn't stopped some wild ideas from gaining popularity. In December, Pocket Books paid a whopping $200,000 advance...
...improve your chances of getting a good night's sleep? Start by restricting your time in bed to two activities: sleep and sex. If you don't fall asleep within 20 minutes, get up and read quietly in another room so that your brain associates your bed with sleep, not anxiety. Meanwhile, work with your body instead of against it. Don't nap after 3 p.m. Cut back on caffeine, especially in the afternoon or evening. Don't drink alcohol at night; it may allow you to fall asleep more easily but you're likely to suffer a rebound effect...
Next time, tell us how a woman's brain works. RICHARD R. HOFSTETTER Plainfield...
...smoke a pack or more a day are twice as likely to produce criminally violent sons. There even appears to be a dose response: those who smoked fewer cigarettes had less violent boys. Why the correlation? No one is sure, but chemicals in smoke may somehow damage the fetal brain...
...think that they trained really well, so they will race really well,” junior, Brain Cadman said. "Individually, I think it should be a good year...