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...normal subject, when asked to identify whether a 2 or a 4 is written in larger text, will be a split-second faster on those occasions that the 4 is printed bigger. Normal subjects process that 4 is a bigger quantity than 2, and that information aids their pick - just as number recognition slows them down slightly when a larger 2 sits next to a smaller 4. But when Cohen Kadosh stimulated a specific part of each subject's right parietal lobe, they performed exactly the same as a group of dyscalculics, whose ability to select which numeral was printed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down for the Count | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

...last exam. thanks. Dear FM: Why haven’t you printed one of my hollers? My crotch is still on fire, and that bitch is still out there. Everytime you talk more than once a lecture, an angel loses its wings. Angel count: 4. Got a bone to pick? A friend to ridicule? A crush to notify? A need for a public forum? Holla at FMholler@gmail.com. We’ll publish it all. Word...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOLLER | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

...sleepless nights come with perks. In addition to badass Google-logo jackets that come with being a member of the U.S. Sudoku Team (yes, there is one), Snyder found some birds of his feather. “We’re sort of those aficionados that can pick out these little subtle flavors and really enjoy a puzzle,” he says. “Lots of people do puzzles, but no one takes it up to his level,” says Sun H. Chung, a fellow chemistry grad student. Hardcore though he is, the Sudoku World Champion...

Author: By Mark A. Pacult, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Procrastination Has its Perks | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

Your best pick-up line: I’m a girl...no, seriously...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCOPED | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

...Zailskas became the second freshman in as many games to pick up his first collegiate win yesterday, going six innings and allowing only two earned runs in the Crimson’s 9-4 victory over the University of Rhode Island in nonconference action at Bill Beck Field in Kingston, R.I. After recording a one-pitch save for freshman Eric Eadington Sunday against Cornell, senior Jake Bruton pitched three innings of one-run relief of Zailskas (1-0).Nick Greenwood (0-3) took the loss for the Rams (8-18, 3-3 Atlantic 10), getting roughed up for eight earned...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Freshmen Leading the Way | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

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