Word: theta
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...buzz of chatter permeates the overheated bus. The conversations change topics with amazing speed. A pair of women, one of them the dark-curly haired women, discuss a mysterious stain on someone's scalp, then start talking about a math problem they couldn't solve--something about substituting theta for x. A few minutes later, the dark-curly haired woman exclaims, inexplicably, "But he's a married man, with kids...
Dreyfus says she is going to a party at Theta Zi fraternity with her friend, Ted L. Baillie, a senior. "Ted is short for Jennifer," she says...
...offshoot of serious medical research into how visual and auditory stimuli can affect the brain. As it functions, the brain emits energy waves in four frequency ranges called wave states: beta, which is the normal, alert state; alpha, a slower pace noted when people are relaxed and creative; theta, the level just before people doze off, when intense learning can occur; and delta, which is deep sleep...
...images. They also noted that by controlling patterns of audio and visual pulses, they could cause the brain to change states. Researchers like Thomas Budzynski of the St. Luke Medical Center in Bellevue, Wash., learned that inducing an alpha state could help relax patients and ease chronic pain. Creating theta states helped people to improve motivation and even stop smoking...
Kuan sold the IDs to students at the Delta Tau Delta and Phi Kappa Theta fraternities on Commonwealth Ave. in Boston and the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at MIT, McLaughlin said. He added that Kuan also distributed about 10 licenses on the Harvard campus and 10 in his hometown. Kuan charged $30 for each license, McLaughlin said...