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...nine, she finally asked her mother about the drugs and learned the truth. "I had started on AZT at five, and throughout my childhood, I was on various studies of new medicines, like 3TC. I was a complete test case," she says. "I had spinal taps, fluid checks, brain scans, bone density scans; you name it, I've done...
...downtown. Goffredo has already racked up 17 threes on the young season, the most important of which came with 1:27 remaining in overtime against UNH, when he calmly nailed one from long range to tie the game at 81. While Simon and Goffredo are closely matched, Crimson center Brain Cusworth and his Colgate counterpart, Marc Daniels, are not. Statistically, Cusworth average more points, rebounds, and blocks per game than Daniels, giving Harvard a distinct advantage down low. Cusworth, the school record holder in blocked shots, has racked up 12 rejections in 2006. For comparison, Daniels has two. But this...
...basically in their backyard,Schanfield says. “We love exposing kids to college.”In 2005, Harvard Medical School research fellow Paul A. Ardayfio and colleagues began a Citizen Schools apprenticeship that allows students to investigate the effect of drugs on the brain with researchers from Harvard teaching hospitals.According to Ardayfio, over 15 Harvard affiliated students, staff, and faculty have participated in this apprenticeship during the last year-and-a-half. At the end of each semester, students showcase their new knowledge in a culminating project called...
...takes apart “suitcase-like words” such as “consciousness,” “self,” and “love” and tries to explain what the brain is really doing in everyday situations. “Instead of searching for simple explanations,” Minsky writes, “we need to find more complicated ways to explain our most familiar mental events.” He does just that in “The Emotion Machine...
...first time through, I had exactly the same reaction, until I realized that this book is presenting a very new perspective, and is intentionally and necessarily painted in a very basic light. The book doesn’t deal with the structures of the brain in its explanation because, as Minsky states, “research on this is advancing so quickly that any conclusion one might make today could be outdated in just a few weeks...