Sunday, March 25, 2012

How it works

How it works


The U.S. Supreme Court: How it works

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 09:11 AM PDT

Few Americans have any real idea how the Supreme Court operates, since cameras are barred, and the case arguments and opinions are often dry and confusing for nonlawyers.

'How Creativity Works': It's All In Your Imagination

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:29 PM PDT

In his new book, Imagine, Jonah Lehrer explores the art and science of original thinking — from Shakespearean tragedies to the invention of masking tape to Nike's "Just Do It" campaign. And when you get stuck? "Take a very long, warm shower," Lehrer says.

CoverIt Live

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:56 AM PDT

How it works is simple. Log on to the River News website, follow the Cover It Live link and start reading. Using a computer or SmartPhone, readers can post comments, links, answer questions and be part of interactive polls while keeping up on what's going on.

“Imagine: How Creativity Works,” by Jonah Lehrer

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 03:28 PM PDT

Not many writers can make plausible links among musicians Bob Dylan, Yo-Yo Ma and David Byrne, animators at Pixar, neuroscientists at MIT, an amateur bartender in New York, entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and Israeli army reservists. Not many reporters do research about an expert surfer who has Asperger's, information theorists, industrial psychologists and artists. But Jonah Lehrer is such a ...

Electroconvulsive Therapy For Depression - How It Works

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 07:15 PM PDT

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) works by altering how different parts of the brain involved in depression communicate with each other, Scottish researchers reported in the journal PNAS (Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences). ECT has been an effective and controversial therapy for depression for over seven decades; doctors knew it would often work, but were never sure why. For ...

Paul Allen Spends $500 Million To Find Out How The Brain Works

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 10:52 AM PDT

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen wants to know how the human brain works and he's spending big bucks to find out. The institute is on a quest to figure out exactly how the brain works and how to fix it when it doesn't.

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