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...cardiovascular fitness so important to cognitive health? Researchers used to think it was all about making sure that plenty of oxygen-rich blood made it to the brain. Now they are starting to suspect there may be more to it. In laboratory animals, at least, exercise also seems to stimulate the body's production of certain molecules called growth factors, which help nerves stay healthy and keep functioning. "We don't understand a lot about why this happens," says Arthur Kramer, a researcher at the University of Illinois who uses brain scans to study the effects of exercise...
...complex handful?resisting her fate as a victim while lacking the smooth social skills and emotional coolness of her upper-crust tormentors. Johansson brings to the role a ferocity touched by terror that is new to her work. And impressive. It surely draws on Allen's rich writing but not necessarily his directing. He's famously hands-off in that department, which is just fine with Johansson. "I guess he hires actors he thinks will be capable of rounding out the characters he's written," she says. "I think actors appreciate that kind of respect." Allen has returned the compliment...
...Making more than 50 albums over 40 years, the man who Frank Sinatra said had the "silkiest chops in the singing game" topped the charts with R&B tunes (Love Is a Hurtin' Thing), pre-rap monologues (Tobacco Road) and, during the height of the 1970s disco craze, the rich, sophisticated "Philadelphia sound" typified on his signature megahit, You'll Never Find (Another Love Like Mine...
...taste and, very important, touch. "People tend to forget that children are very tactile and their most sensitive part is their mouth," says David Perlmutter, a neurologist and author of the forthcoming book, Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten. "Babies need to mouth things and to smell, to have rich sensory experiences...
...would schedule an election during the February doldrums. But the opposition parties, who held 173 seats of 308 in the House of Commons, decided they would never have a better opportunity to strike. For Harper, 46, a longtime Tory firebrand who began his career in Calgary in the oil-rich western province of Alberta, it was a date with destiny. The media-averse leader is staking his second and possibly last try for high office on the gamble that Canadians are finally ready to change political course. The gamble might pay off. Canada appears to be waking...