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...until age 12. In the first task, designed to measure self-control, the 3-year-olds were left alone in a room with a bunch of toys - one of which was a known favorite - for 150 seconds. They were instructed to play with the other toys but not to touch the favored one. Children who were able to wait 75 seconds or longer before touching the favorite plaything were scored by the researchers as having high self-control. Children who went for the forbidden toy within 75 seconds were labeled as having low self-control...
...down for a meal or cook every day, and thus are concerned about what they are eating when they are not at home, like at restaurants,” he said. At the same time, television shows have made food preparation “exotic, fascinating, [and] with a touch of alien,” according to Shapin. The event, entitled “The Locavore’s Dilemma: Eating Locally in New England,” was held in the Fong Auditorium and attracted only a few dozen audience members. In addition to Shapin, the panel featured John...
...University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, hypothesized that the mechanism by which scratching relieves an itch takes place not along the nerve fibers of itchy skin but deep within the central nervous system - specifically, in the spinothalamic tract (STT) neurons in the spinal cord, which transmit information about pain, temperature and touch to the brain. (Previous studies have shown that STT neurons can be activated with the application of an itch-producing chemical like histamine and that the neurons send that itch sensation to the brain...
...learned six months later. It certainly didn't mention that Chais was just pretending to be the great Wizard of Wall Street. He did, however, make it clear that anyone was "free to withdraw part or all of their money" at quarterly withdrawal dates, which was a nice, reassuring touch. Giving more comfort, Chais rather breezily wrote that everything would be fine, that his son, a lawyer by training and manager of a venture-capital fund, was one of "the most thoughtful and honorable men" he knew. I can only suppose he included Madoff in that group...
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