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...Most scientists believe that the pruning is guided both by genetics and by a use-it-or-lose-it principle. Nobel prizewinning neuroscientist Gerald Edelman has described that process as "neural Darwinism" - survival of the fittest (or most used) synapses. How you spend your time may be critical. Research shows, for instance, that practicing piano quickly thickens neurons in the brain regions that control the fingers. Studies of London cab drivers, who must memorize all the city's streets, show that they have an unusually large hippocampus, a structure involved in memory. Giedd's research suggests that the cerebellum...
...professors at Harvard who can claim a résumé punctuated by multiple stints on Pennsylvania Avenue. But it was a long journey from practicing his serve on the tennis team at Brigham Young to playing a match at the White House—as Gerald Ford’s partner...
Nixon's successors couldn't forget either; it took nearly two decades for another incumbent to agree to a televised debate. In 1976, Gerald Ford sparred with Jimmy Carter to prove himself to a doubtful nation. It didn't work. Since then, the debate over debates has raged on. In 1980, Carter refused to participate after John Anderson became the first third-party candidate to argue his way onstage; in 1992 voters made their voices heard in the first debate with a "town hall" format. Eight years later, George W. Bush and Al Gore argued even more bitterly over debate...
...Allston by creating open spaces, improving transportation, and ensuring permeability and connections between Harvard’s existing campuses in Cambridge and the Longwood Medical Area and the neighborhood. Harvard officials say they plan to re-submit the master plan for approval in early 2009. BRA Senior Project Manager Gerald Autler said the particular nature of Harvard’s expansion justified the detailed nature of the scoping determination and would provide the University with much to think about over the coming months. “It’s certainly an ambitious agenda, and there...
...Senior Project Manager Gerald Autler said the unique nature of Harvard’s expansion justified the detailed nature of the scoping document and would provide the University with a lot to think about over the coming months...