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...they completed specific mental tasks. But more recently, thanks in large part to the proliferation of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which precisely maps brain activity based on changes in blood-oxygen levels, neuroscientists have found that important activity in the brain - related in particular to memory and learning - may occur when it is at rest...
...remaining awake, is conducting meaningful activity. "Your brain is doing work for you even when you're resting," says Davachi, who just published a study in Neuron showing that certain kinds of brain activity actually increase during waking rest and are correlated with better memory consolidation. "Taking a rest may actually contribute to your success at work or school," she adds. (Comment on this story...
...discussion, which took place at the First Church in Cambridge Congregational’s Lindsay Chapel, was the first installment of the CCAE’s Home Run in Harvard Square speaking series, which ends in May...
Hathaway, who called the event “thrilling and wonderful,” may have been the star of the afternoon, but in order to officially collect the Pudding Pot, the starlet had to endure the cutting humor of the event’s hosts and the taunts of the wacky characters that populated the stage...
...While this proposal would reduce some the impact of the mandate on the youngest age groups because they tend to be the healthiest and the least prone to high-cost diseases, it is not the cure-all for healthcare that some politicians have claimed it to be. The proposal may actually make sense in the current economic climate—the employment rate for people aged 16-24 has fallen to a low of 51.4 percent. But this number has been falling consistently since its peak in 1989, which suggests that other factors may be influencing its decline...