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...that changed once scientists knew which kind of memory to study. Over the past couple of years, Stickgold has teamed up with Matthew Walker at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to investigate sleep's effects on procedural memory for motor skills. They asked right-handed test subjects to type a sequence of numbers (for example, 4-1-3-2-4) with their left hand over and over again as fast as they could. No matter what time of day they learned the task, their accuracy improved 60% to 70% after six minutes of practice. When subjects who learned...
...genres covered by the Company and directors Vivian V. Kaufman ’05 and Jordan C. Walker ’07 extend much further than the title implies, from traditional Indian dance to modern interpretations of Simon and Garfunkel. The dancers, however, provided a sense of unity in their composed poise. The similarities between each of the seven performances are as striking as their diversity...
...Nine Lives,” is a composite of three pieces by Lyle Lovett and is the source of the “country” part of the title. This movement is the culmination of the show’s blend of classical and modern. Kaufman and Walker, who staged the segment based on D. Pelzig’s interpretation, do an admirable job of making the music accessible to all members of the audience...
Fellow freshman Lauren Walker took fifth in 10:37.91, and Harvard did not enter any competitors in the 5,000-meter...
...Catherine Walker is ramsi's development coordinator. It's her job to oversee repair of the "machinery of government," get the economy going, make sure the courts and prisons are functioning, and liaise with ngos and aid donors. "The scale of the work to be done is enormous, and it keeps growing - which is simply a function of learning more about the way things are done and what isn't being done," she says. For instance, an expert study into the workings of provincial governments has uncovered a system in crisis: poor financial management, a lack of administrative skills...