Word: inputs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...leave core consciousness unimpaired. That's because it evolved much earlier than extended consciousness, Damasio says, and thus is dependent on more ancient structures, especially those located within the brain stem and hypothalamus. Among the most important: a large region called the cingulate cortex, which not only receives sensory input from the skin, muscles and internal organs but also sends out signals to initiate movement and focus attention, as when emotions send our blood pressure soaring or make our hair stand...
...servers. This might work for you, but I don't like Net-based calendars. Computers have revolutionized the way we do just about everything, but I've yet to see an improvement over the pencil-and-paper platform for schedules--it simply takes too long to input stuff on PCs. After all the connecting, pointing and clicking, the waiting is simply a deal killer as far as I'm concerned. My Calendar is no exception...
...says TIME medical writer Christine Gorman. Promising initial results aside, there are some risks to the stimulator: One severely depressed test subject became manic for a short time after the initial implant; fortunately, the patient?s mood returned to a normal ? and happy ? state after doctors adjusted the electric input. Another potential problem: The implant could be abused by patients trying to lose weight; canine test subjects lost up to one third of their body weight using the stimulator, a percentage that would render an average-sized human clinically anorectic...
...fund student groups as part of the Harvard College Women's Initiative. But the details of the trust have not been worked out, and it is unclear exactly who will be reviewing grant requests. It is important that RUS or some other group with substantial student input has control over how the money in the Radcliffe Trust is distributed; otherwise, the trust will be a step backwards from the way the student groups that depend on RUS are currently funded...
Harris says the department considered not only the results from the report and survey, but also the input of the students on the department's Undergraduate Steering Committee...