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Doodling, in contrast, requires very few executive resources but just enough cognitive effort to keep you from daydreaming, which - if unchecked - will jump-start activity in cortical networks that will keep you from remembering what's going on. Doodling forces your brain to expend just enough energy to stop it from daydreaming but not so much that you don't pay attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Doodling Helps You Pay Attention | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...panic, markets for certain assets simply stop functioning, and relying on the market to determine the health of banks means succumbing to panic. Then again, relying on bank execs to price their assets is no good either. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner hopes to get around this by jump-starting a market for troubled mortgage securities, but he hasn't outlined how he's going to do that. So for the moment, we're stuck with more judgment calls. And guesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nationalizing Banks: What's All the Fuss? | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...here is the best horoscope for this week (after the jump...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Around the Ivies (and Stanford) | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

Other universities taking action against the Russell Cooperation include Cornell, Columbia, Georgetown, and Purdue. Mike Powers, director of operations at Cornell, said he predicted “a bit of a snowball effect, as more and more people will jump on board...

Author: By Margherita Pignatelli, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Ends Deal With Russell | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

More absurdly angry pics after the jump...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Our not-so-friendly neighborhood? | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

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