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...good news is that having the allele doesn't necessarily mean you can't learn from your mistakes. Although the men who had the genetic variant did show weaker responses to negative feedback, they did not perform markedly worse on the task at hand: They selected the good symbols from the bad about as often as participants who didn't have the allele. The results suggest that learning - though influenced by dopamine - is a complex process that involves much more than one kind of brain receptor. "It's just one factor that may contribute to some problems that might arise...
...Weather isn't doing the job alone. As more and more people migrate to cities, they create additional opportunities for the mosquito to spread the virus. The problem is particularly acute in developing countries, where inadequate utilities mean residents must store water in jars and tanks - prime breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti. Increasing air travel is also a factor as infected fliers spread the disease quickly worldwide. "It's simplistic to suggest that the increasing outbreak is solely caused by climate change," says Simon Hales, a senior research fellow at New Zealand's University of Otago. "But those...
...this day and age, would any American adult--rich or not--have so many kids? Because they love them. Because professional achievement and money are something, but, asks Kellie Weiss, 37, a mother of five in Oradell, "What does it mean without family...
...know? Joanne's so fantastic to play, and between the hair and the tits and the attitude, bring it--if that's matronly, I loved every second of it. I don't read that many scripts. I finish less than I care to reflect upon. I mean, it's just s___, it's just a big pile of steaming s___ that sits in my house and drives me crazy because it's paper, and I don't want to send more paper to China to be toxically recycled. It just tortures me. With this--I mean, I didn't even...
...those questions mean staffers get to know Iowans unusually well. They not only work side by side with local volunteers, but they are also invited into Iowans' homes and lives, to share a meal, attend a religious service, celebrate a holiday, even to go on a blind date with a nice young Iowan. Davis calls fielding the Iowans' sophisticated inquiries "an intellectual experience beyond anything I went through in school...