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My experience of being nervous was instructive because it mimicked, in a way, the cognitive strain under which an ADHD kid takes such tests. ADHD compromises the brain's executive functioning - its ability to master unexpected exercises. The same way I got nervous, ADHD kids get momentarily lost, their attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kids with ADHD May Learn Better by Fidgeting | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

Hard to argue with findings like that, but Woloshin and his co-authors offer a thought experiment: Imagine every single person who contracts Disease X dies of it at age 70. If you receive your diagnosis at age 67, you'll be gone well before the 10-year threshold is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Not to Get Misled by Health Statistics | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

Rapport also conducted a control experiment with the boys in which they watched the pod-racing scene from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. He showed me a video of a couple of the boys watching the scene, and I was shocked: even the ADHD kids who had spun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kids with ADHD May Learn Better by Fidgeting | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

"I see this whole Twitter thing as a social experiment," says Burton. "When I meet fans, normally a studio or somebody has set up an event and there is an agenda. Now I can do it myself." Burton plans to host another meetup in the future, though he has to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celebrity Twittering: Is That Really You, Shaq? | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

Despite the earlier Carrisa solar experiment, the state feels it is still inexperienced in judging the impact of huge solar plants. According to California Energy Commission chairwoman Karen Douglas, "We've got much more experience siting natural-gas plants than siting renewables, both from a staff and commission perspective. So...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solar Power: Eco-Friendly or Environmental Blight? | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

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