While mental health issues are traditionally treated with therapy and/or medication‚ a California neuroscientist wants to make video games a popular treatment‚ writes Lindsay Holmes at the Huffington Post. “Neuroracer”‚ a video game developed by Adam Gazzaley of the University of California’s Gazzaley Neuroscience Research Lab‚ was made for this purpose. A preliminary study by the scientist demonstrated that the game‚ by requiring the player to multitask‚ can provide enhanced cognitive control in
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The Facts Sal is our kickbutt narrator. In our humble Shmoop opinion‚ she’s one of the all-time best young adult narrators. She is wise beyond her years‚ and she loves life with every molecule of her being. She copes with lots of sadness and pain‚ and she does it in a pretty remarkable way. Also‚ she uses all five of her senses when she observes and notices things. All these awesome qualities make for a truly delicious story told by a delightful character. We learn right away the following things
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A last major political goal for our party is to mandate vaccinations for our children. In a recent poll‚ 28% of voters voted no in their children being vaccinated for preventable diseases. However‚ today our party is here to make our stance as antibodies and fight off the bugs of our opponents. Vaccinations are vital in the safety of our children and of our nation. The myth of the opponent claiming “As long as other children are getting vaccinated‚ mine don’t need to be” is false. Skipping a vaccination
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Teens and Young Teens Sexting The term “sexting” is a combination of the words sex and texting‚ and refers to the practice of sending sexually photos electronically. Sexting seem like fun and games in the beginning‚ but it can take its toll. The act of sexting has many negative consequences that people are yet to realize. Sexting gives teenagers the feeling of acceptances and the chance to be popular by gaining attention. What they fail to realize is the attention they are receiving is negative
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Although there may be several theological disagreements between most denominations and Christians‚ there is one continuity‚ one thread‚ that is found in all of Christianity: the belief that the Bible is the infallible word of God‚ inspired by the Holy Spirit. This divine authorship is paramount in Christianity for multiple reasons. One reason being is that if the Bible‚ which is an authoritative and foundational collection of scripture‚ is the word of God given to His church‚ then the Church has
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Pornogophy "turns a woman into a thing to be acquired and used." And that it is primarily concerned "with whether women bleed"(199) She Martian that there is no legitimate distinction between rape and pornography‚ describing pornography as "sexual terrorism" () Implicit to virtually every aspect of Mackinnon’s arguments is the assumption that women are unmitigated‚ unequal perpetual victims of human sexuality. This argument is harmful to the feminist cause because it divorces women from their sexuality. It
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This means that Brooks is concerned is concerned with formalism. Critics such as Brooks are only concerned with the text itself; they take the content of the text and think of it as form. Indeed‚ Brooks’ aforementioned article is titled “The Formalist Critics”. In this article‚ he discusses the importance of removing
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Morris 1 Casey Morris McCammon English 112 11 May 2015 Defying the Odds Every day there are people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds who are rising up and achieving something they thought would never be possible. These disadvantaged backgrounds can consist of poverty‚ abuse‚ or singleparent homes. Through education‚ hard work‚ and opportunity‚ many people are able to break through the disadvantaged situations they were raised in and defy the odds. There are many wellkn
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Dear editor‚ I am a 16 year old‚ and I am writing to you to explain how stereotypical and rude your editing is on teenagers‚ for example ‘what sort of example is this to set our children’ and ‘it’s all too easy to hate teens- try a little love instead’ I am very offended by the way you talk about teenagers and how we are all treated in the same way. For example when you talk about ‘’ the panda eyed girl’’‚ this may be funny to some readers but at the end of the day it’s her
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Indeed‚ service learning does serve for a well-rounded education. Especially while in college‚ service learning can familiarize students with companies and professionals in their chosen fields of study in their communities. I am in school to earn a Bachelors Degree in Information Technology. I would love to be immersed into a service learning program to not only gain experience in my field‚ but to complete a project within my community with companies that I may look to for a job upon graduation
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