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...University neuroscientist Susan Greenfield cautioned Britain's House of Lords that social networks like Facebook and Bebo were "infantilizing the brain into the state of small children" by shortening the attention span and providing constant instant gratification. And in his new book, iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind, UCLA neuroscientist Gary Small warns of a decreased ability among devotees of social networks and other modern technology to read real-life facial expressions and understand the emotional context of subtle gestures. Young people are particularly at risk for these problems, he writes, because "young minds tend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Facebook Users Share: Lower Grades | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

Talk. Share. Cry. Stretch? Psychotherapy has historically been an exercise of the mind, but in the offices of more and more modern-day mental-health providers, emotional healing is taking place not just on the couch but on the yoga...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psychotherapy Goes from Couch to Yoga Mat | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

Some 53,000 people attended the egg roll in 1941 (73 children ended up being separated from their parents), though in modern times the number is generally under 20,000. Calvin Coolidge's wife mingled through crowds while holding a pet raccoon named Rebecca, while Mrs. Warren G. Harding put on the uniform of her beloved Girl Scouts for the event. Ursula Meese, wife of Reagan's Attorney General, donned a full-body Easter Bunny costume for six Easter Egg Rolls. Showcasing modern technology, Eleanor Roosevelt welcomed crowds and addressed listeners across the country via radio in 1933, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House Easter Egg Roll | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...pictures of modern-day pirates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Girding for the Pirates' Revenge | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...TIME's gallery: "Somalia's Face of Modern Piracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crew Celebrates as Captain Is Rescued from Pirates | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

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