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...lies using fMRI in highly controlled experimental conditions with button-pushing volunteers bears little resemblance to identifying deception in the real world, where no single lie is identical to the next and most are too elaborately constructed to pin down on a brain scan. Although fMRI allows us to "track the thought process in real time - and that's a huge advance over the polygraph," says Ruben Gur at the University of Pennsylvania, people should not have the "naive view that whenever someone lies, there will be the same [kind of] response that will then be picked...
...going to happen," he said on July 13, "don't bet against us." The next hurdle is to get a bill through the House and Senate by the time Congress adjourns for its August break. White House officials concede that missing that deadline could throw the entire exercise off track, because it would give opponents a month to undermine it. Says one: "If we don't get it done before the August recess, it will be subject to a lot of attack" when lawmakers are home among their constituents. (See how to prevent illness...
...health care system. Where primary care is strong, the data shows that costs are lower, outcomes are better, and there's less disparity of care," said Allan H. Goroll, a professor at MGH and a general internist at Mass. General Hospital, where he initiated the nation's first residency track in primary care internal medicine. He also said that while the financing of health care reform may be controversial, the need to strengthen and reform primary care is well-recognized and enjoys bipartisan support...
...bulk of Obama's proposal, $9 billion, would go to helping schools try out promising programs to improve student learning, track progress and train workers. Another goal: nosing completion rates up from their current, abominable level: just 31% of community college students who seek a degree actually get one within six years. An additional $2.5 million would go to helping two-year schools rebuild their crumbling, outdated infrastructure - a key to equipping them to prepare students for high-tech jobs. Among the most compelling of the new proposals is the $500 million in grant money that would make online education...
Lawrence Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council, said last week that the stimulus bill was on track. This past weekend, the President rejected calls for a second stimulus package, saying the current stimulus needs more time to work, since only a small fraction of the money has been spent. From the beginning, the Administration has said that much of the boost to the economy from the stimulus plan would not come until the second half of this year. Administration officials have also insisted that it's unfair to judge the effectiveness of the stimulus by projections...