'Out Of Gas'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
From Wonkette's live blogging: (edit to add more)
9:27 PM — One percent reporting! Walker 54/Barrett 46! EVERYBODY KILL YOURSELF AIYEEEEEEE!
9:31 PM — How will you kill yourself? Probably poison, don’t you think? Yes, “poison” sounds nice. TIME TO FREAK OUT. (For the next five weeks.)
Heh.
Live Bloog 2: Wisconsin Recall Television Bloogaloo
is 538 still a website on it's own or all on the times now?
What the hell is neuroplasticity and why should I buy it? Sounds suspicious...
There's a good amount of research supporting (at least some) neuroplasticity stuff. What's the context?
huffington post live updating map: [link]
Neuroplasticity is just that your brain continues to change in adulthood, right? Which they used to think it didn't, and lost functions were just gone, but now there's a lot of evidence that , for example, different parts of the brain can take over the function of damaged parts. It's pretty awesome.
Oh, hey, I have an election right here to pay attention to. I voted by mail last week and forgot when the actual day was...
I've been using lumosity for some time now. I've certainly gotten better at the games, but I'm not absolutely sure it's made a difference in day-to-day braining
538 is on nytimes. that's the one to follow.
Well, to my understanding "principles of neuroplasticity" boils down (in real-world terms) to "you get better at what you do, and get worse at what you don't do" Which is just common sense (it also seems obvious that the brain changes throughout adulthood). Primarily (in a non-rehab setting, and there's some wicked cool stuff out there about post-stroke rehab) is that you have to do a lot of in-context practice to really see the effects.