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Many people who meditate claim the practice restores their energy, allowing them to perform better at tasks that require attention and concentration. If so, wouldn't a midday nap work just as well? No, says Bruce O'Hara, associate professor of biology at the University of Kentucky. In a study to be published this year, he had college students either meditate, sleep or watch TV. Then he tested them for what psychologists call psychomotor vigilance, asking them to hit a button when a light flashed on a screen. Those who had been taught to meditate performed 10% better?"a huge...
...from the Gaza Strip served the interests of peace, although that was perhaps not why Sharon carried it out. His emissaries suggested that he quit Gaza?a sandy, squalid quarter to which few Israelis feel any attachment?to win goodwill in the world in order to strengthen Israel's claim to its more valued settlements in the West Bank. Media reports recently suggested Sharon was prepared to unilaterally draw a border in the West Bank between Israel and what might become a Palestinian state, emptying Jewish settlements that fell on the wrong side. It's an interesting idea, and perhaps...
...criticising many of my peers’ concentration choices, I by no means intend to attack them as people. I would be lying if I were to claim that my own choice of field did not take into consideration my career goals and personal ambitions, however vaguely defined...
Found in plants like the common snowdrop, galantamine is approved by the FDA as the Alzheimer's drug Razadyne. It's marketed to healthy people as a memory enhancer, but no reliable studies support the claim...
...said. “We were hoping it would be a close meet. It couldn’t have had a better outcome than winning by one point.”For most of the meet, it was unclear who was going to pull through victorious, since both teams claimed the lead multiple times as they battled it out.The Crimson started the meet with a bold statement, however, as it edged out Rutgers in the first event, the 200-yard medley relay, by .02 seconds with a team of sophomore Jackie Pangilinan and sophomores Lindsay Hart, Bridget...