Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.

'Serenity'


Natter 70: Hookers and Blow  

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.


DebetEsse - Jun 05, 2012 4:36:23 pm PDT #8471 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

There's a good amount of research supporting (at least some) neuroplasticity stuff. What's the context?


msbelle - Jun 05, 2012 4:36:23 pm PDT #8472 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

huffington post live updating map: [link]


-t - Jun 05, 2012 4:39:13 pm PDT #8473 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

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...


§ ita § - Jun 05, 2012 4:43:46 pm PDT #8474 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What's the context?

An ad for lumosity: [link]


-t - Jun 05, 2012 4:45:56 pm PDT #8475 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

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


le nubian - Jun 05, 2012 4:46:53 pm PDT #8476 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

538 is on nytimes. that's the one to follow.


DebetEsse - Jun 05, 2012 4:48:52 pm PDT #8477 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

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.


tommyrot - Jun 05, 2012 4:49:27 pm PDT #8478 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Man outraged after being ejected from a Barnes & Noble kids' area - chicagotribune.com

Has some updated info.


§ ita § - Jun 05, 2012 4:53:52 pm PDT #8479 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Does Lumosity cost?


msbelle - Jun 05, 2012 4:54:57 pm PDT #8480 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

HuffPost calling it for Walker.