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...three groups performed about equally well on "physical learning" - locating hidden objects, figuring out the source of a noise, understanding the concepts of more and less, using a stick to get something that's out of reach. And indeed, the kids were of an age - 2 1/2 years old - where it's widely known that they do perform about as well as chimps in such tests. So for example, the scientists would hide a treat of some kind - a toy, or some food - behind a box, while the test subjects looked on. The kids, chimps and orangs would have...
...annual event has attained something of iconic status in the eyes of African music connoisseurs. Set in the dunes of the Sahara, several hours' drive from the nearest town of Timbuktu, the festival attracts an array of world-music talent, both from Africa and beyond. Kane was asked to perform five days before the festival began in 2004 - not even enough time to put his name on the flyers - but his set caused a stir amongst the assembled critics. After being snapped up by a U.K.-based record label, Kane went from the Sahara to the chillier climes of Scotland...
When the probe hits home, Rezai asks Stipp to perform a few tasks. Can he touch his index fingers together? Raise a cup to his lips? Sign his name? Stipp can do none of it. Then Rezai sends a few volts through the wire. Stipp's tremors calm. His index fingers meet. He signs the paper. "It's been a long time since I did that," he says wonderingly...
...Cleveland Clinic is one of 250 places in the U.S. that perform DBS for Parkinson's, and worldwide, close to 40,000 people have undergone the procedure. But the operation is by no means a cure. For one thing, it doesn't do much for end-stage Parkinson's symptoms like cripplingly bad posture and difficulty swallowing. More important, Parkinson's is a degenerative condition, which means that while DBS neutralizes tremors, the brain continues to deteriorate beneath the mask of the treatment. After a decade or so, electrical stimulation is not enough to contain the disease. Still, that...
...gone from minimal consciousness into what's known as a post-traumatic confusional state. What's more, he continues to improve even after the electrical stimulation is turned off, suggesting that the brain is recovering abilities on its own. "He'll potentially be able to perform self-care such as eating and brushing his hair," says Giacino, who, along with neurologist Nicholas Schiff of the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, was part of the team that conducted the surgery...