Women exposed to frustrating noise stress snack more afterwards
...sistant brought the participant a snack tray and a pitcher of water. The snacks included pretzels, potato chips, sonoma Jack cheese, white chocolate, jelly beans, and unsalted air-popped popcorn. After 12 minutes, the participant was asked to solve puzzles by tracing a path through a maze without crossing ...Device measures force used to deliver a baby
...reventing sports injuries. For example, a baseball pitcher might use the device to learn how to throw with considerable force, but not enough to cause an injury. The four students and their instructor, Robert Allen, have obtained a provisional patent covering their device. The four student inventors are: ...Study calls for major reforms in marketing of ephedra
...cluding the death of 23-year-old Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler who died earlier this year after taking an over-the-counter drug that contains ephedra as its primary ingredient. Despite this and other well-publicized cases about the toxic effects of ephedra, sales have risen in the last five years. ...Brain anticipates events to learn routines
...or example, a baseball player anticipates that the pitcher will throw the ball towards him after he winds up, because he has seen him perform this task countless times before. People in every day life also use this function of their brain each time they do something routine, like driving a car or crossing th...Mets pitcher Al Leiter to dedicate Leiter's Landing Playroom
Mets pitcher Al Leiter and NYU Medical Centers Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine to dedicate Leiters Landing Foundation Playroom Funded by $200,000 donation from Leiters Landing Foundation, playroom will brighten hospital stay for Rusk children WHAT: ...... "Just as a snapshot of a stormy sky or a baseball pitcher doesn't tell you what you really want to know - ho...t are the rain clouds moving and how hard does the pitcher throw? - snapshots of T cell counts, blood cholesterol concentrations, or the BRCA-1 polymorphism, f...