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...failing school systems. The report's findings were worrisome enough, but buried in its pages were two disturbing paragraphs warning that schoolkids might not be the only ones suffering; babies could be too. Young brains are extremely sensitive to early influences, the report cautioned, and the right--or wrong--stimuli could have a significant impact on later development...
...failing school systems. The report's findings were worrisome enough, but buried in its pages were two disturbing paragraphs warning that schoolkids might not be the only ones suffering; babies could be too. Young brains are extremely sensitive to early influences, the report cautioned, and the right - or wrong - stimuli could have a significant impact on later development...
...entry on the subject of sleep, the Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics declares: "Animals regularly fall asleep if deprived of their usual sensual stimuli, and so do men of low mental capacity...
...disabled. In the workplace, Barbara is exposed to being around all kinds of people, office chatter and noise. She attends meetings with Suzuki, accompanies her to the copy machine and visits the employee cafeteria--all the while learning to remain calm, focused and able to handle a variety of stimuli--skills the dog needs in order to assist a disabled person in daily activities. "My work with dogs is so much a part of my very being," Suzuki says. "Not every employer is going to understand the passion and commitment that I have to doing this...
...called bioports plug directly into special jacks at the base of players' spines. The upshot is rather like what happens to your TV when you connect it to a VCR and press PLAY. Visual and aural information from the real world is overridden; your bioport provides all the sensory stimuli you need. Technically, it's just a question of getting the right hookups. If there's anything we already know from playing games, it's that our brains eagerly adapt our physical responses to the onscreen action. Next time your six-year-old plays Pokemon on his Game...