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...traditional anti-addiction approaches, such as 12-step programs, psychotherapy and older medications like methadone for heroin addicts or the nausea-inducing Antabuse for alcoholics, vaccines like TA-CD prevent the addictive substance from ever reaching the user's brain - that is, they inhibit the addictive cycle rather than respond to it. The goal is to eliminate the chemical cascade that results in the euphoric "high," which, in turn, sparks addiction - what comedian George Carlin once described this way: "What does cocaine make you feel like? It makes you feel like having more cocaine...
...when we're talking, we are busy generating mental images that may interfere with spatial codes necessary for driving. Another theory holds that we're overtapping our brain capacity by attempting two challenging tasks - having a conversation and driving a car - simultaneously. "The requirements to both listen carefully and respond while on a cell phone creates 'interference' with the task at hand, driving in this case, and our research shows that we have limited cognitive resources to multitask," says Arthur Kramer, director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at the University of Illinois. When demand for our "neural resources" exceeds supply...
According to Moulton, if ESP existed, the brain would respond differently to pictures designated as ESP stimuli and non-ESP stimuli. Theoretically, pictures perceived through ESP should produce a pattern in the brain similar to ones produced when an individual sees a previously encountered stimulus...
...Israeli side, Prime Minister Olmert has to persuade his voters that they are not being played for suckers. "[Olmert] doesn't feel that he'll be able to respond persuasively to the question 'What's in it for us?'" Heller maintains. "The obvious answer is peace and security, but he has to convince Israelis that a deal is a real deal. He's got to have an authoritative Palestinian leadership signing on the back of the check: 'This is the end. There are no further claims.' Abbas may be inclined to go in that direction, but he doesn't speak...
...think we’ve got to do multiple events to reach students, so that there are a lot of different resources available,” he said. “Students respond in different ways...