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...also points to an intriguing 2002 study by San Diego State psychologist Robert McGivern that showed that certain cognitive processes become temporarily less efficient at puberty. McGivern and his associates timed 300 subjects, ages 10 to 22, as they did a very simple set of matching tasks involving pictures of facial expressions and words describing them (happy, angry, sad). The study found that around the onset of puberty (about age 11 for girls and 12 for boys), people take significantly longer to do this easy task. McGivern and his associates attributed the slow pace to the excess number of synapses...
...interview, McGivern said he thought an apparent drop-off in the ability to learn new things at puberty might merely reflect the fact that teenagers are becoming more attuned to social issues than dull learning tasks: "It may be a shift in what we pay attention to and are motivated to look at that's driving this." But that would not explain Smith's mice or similar biochemical changes she has observed in tissue samples related to learning. (There's no question of motivation in a petri dish...
...anything humorous happen on your mission? -Eve McGivern, Pittsburgh[Laughs] Mike Collins called Neil the "Tsar" and I said a couple of humorous things for levity. When Houston cleared us for liftoff I said, "Roger, we are number one on the runway." When we landed on the moon I said, "Be careful not to lock the hatch on the way out." It wasn't appreciated at the time...
Garber's move worked as Harvard defenseman Chris Esmonde was assessed a penalty for an illegal netting. But the penalty roused the Crimson to a starring defensive effort, and the Wildcats could not capitalize on their three-minute advantage Led by penalty-killing specialist Tom McGivern. Harvard held New Hampshire to just one goal...
...Delaware goals sent the game into sudden death overtime, and the pair of protagonists surfaced yet again. McGivern justified Sealises's decision to choose him for the faceoff. After he won the ball, he started a passing sequence downfield that culminated with Hawley assisting from behind the goal on a game-ending Norm Forbush score...