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...formulate her theory, Pontius gave two spatial tests to various modern hunter-gatherer tribes and compared groups who were surrounded by enemies with those who lived securely in large areas with no threat of attack...
...normal brain, the cortex controls conscious processes, such as the spatial relations needed to accurately represent faces and geometric patterns, while the sub-cortex controls the unconscious. But Pontius says a highly-stressed brain can transfer some of the cortical processing to the sub-cortex and save about 250 milliseconds in the process...
...that and more during their spring break trip to Highlands County, Florida. At Archbold Biological Station, an ecological research facility in a county located about two hours south of Orlando, the students spent a week learning about the natural resources of the region, researching local culture and integrating spatial principles and ecological objectives into a comprehensive land-use plan for Highlands County...
...plans, well-received and critiqued by the panel of experts, represented a synthesis of the tutorial's focus on ecological objectives and spatial principles in regional planning. For many students, it was the first time in which they were able to apply scientific knowledge learned in ESPP to a practical situation...
...contour of the girl's toenail, but though we see one foot we're unsure of where the other falls. Similarly, we can't determine the relationship of blade to neck, the difference between "grazing" and "penetrating" so important to the woman's life and our understanding. These spatial contiguities are lost somewhere in the details of overlap which Walker's silhouettes refuse to disclose...