Word: minding
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...side activities, like programming navigation systems, text messaging (which is even more dangerous than talking on the phone) and using laptops. "The distractions now are more cognitively demanding," says Strayer. "Now instead of short manual tasks like lighting a cigarette or changing the radio station, they have become mind-occupied tasks that take longer, placing a greater demand on the mind and compete for our attention...
It’s exceedingly rare for an athlete in this day and age to say what’s on his or her mind. With the media vultures circling about and radio pundits with hours of talk-time to fill, no one wants to become tomorrow’s overblown story. This is why 99 percent of press conferences have been reduced to the same buzzwords like “team chemistry” and “hard work” and “focused on (insert next game...
...always, Iowa condensed the presidential campaign to a human scale, something that is simply impossible almost anywhere else in the country. Yes, there were mind-numbing and endless sleek television ads, hyped rallies and forceful phone calls and mail pieces. But an extraordinary number of Iowa voters made their decisions because of face-to-face contact with the candidates. They listened to the contenders speak and told their own stories. With the candidates unable to hide behind consultants or faades, their worry lines, hoarse voices and unguarded reactions were on full display. And in the end, Iowans used their...
While other students spent winter break slaving over papers, the members of Mind, Brain, and Behavior 152, “Consumable Science,” had a different project: They launched an organization...
Ciarelli said he doesn’t have any future career plans set in stone. “It’s something that’s very much on my mind,” he said. “It may be something in journalism, which remains a very strong interest. It may be a new startup...