http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:37:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_035174009.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_035174009.html Don’t worry. Just because I am providing a review in this column, it doesn’t mean I am going to give an exam afterward. I just want to go over some of the most important ideas discussed in this column previously. The reason that I am doing this is because this is my last column. I admit that I just could not remember any topic that had not been examined here. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:10:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_338231210.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_338231210.html This year, more than most years, gift giving during the holidays is going to be especially challenging. Gift-giving this year will require more accurate remembering and more problems solving than in previous years. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:37:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_282193712.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_282193712.html This column will, first, review why cell phones have a positive effect on our mind. Subsequently, we will consider the dangerous consequences of talking on a cell phone while driving and then the very dangerous consequences of text-messaging on a cell phone while driving, Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:18:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_247212045.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_247212045.html Everyone forgets something that they are supposed to do in everyday life. They may have known what they should do for a long time or for after a minute or so. This column examines the role of memory in some common activities in one’s day. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:27:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_219192825.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_219192825.html Everyone has weaknesses. Mine is popcorn and more popcorn. We also have weaknesses when it comes to memory. I don’t know your memory weaknesses and I don’t care to share mine. But I can tell you the memory weaknesses that most of us say we have. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:25:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_191202636.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_191202636.html It is possible to buy products that are supposed to improve one’s mind? Last month’s column discussed products that aim at improving a person’s memory. As promised, this month’s column reviews products (such as courses, books, tapes, CDs, and CD ROMS) that are aimed at improving a person’s ability to think. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:42:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_156224235.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_156224235.html It is possible to buy products that are supposed to improve one’s mind. Most of these products aim at improving a person’s memory but many products aim at improving a person’s ability to think. This month’s column reviews products that are supposed to improve a person’s memory. Next month’s column will review products intended to improve a person’s thinking ability. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_121190656.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_121190656.html Recently, some presidential candidates have apparently forgotten something that others expected them to remember. Also some superdelegates have switched allegiance from one candidate to the other, revealing that they forgot the candidate they originally favored. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:33:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_100203429.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_100203429.html Every family has one. Every group of friends has one, too: a person who tends to remember almost everything that is going on. This person knows all about upcoming events (concerts, lectures), what is at the movies, and what’s on TV. Sometimes, this person even knows what is going on among family members, friends and acquaintances. Accurate gossip is a valuable commodity. Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:18:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_082162247.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_082162247.html Indiana State’s softball team played 19 games before ever stepping foot on the Price Field diamond Friday for a doubleheader against Drake. The homecoming wasn’t a happy one — Drake swept ISU with 5-1 and 6-2 victories — but the long-term concern is on the mound, where star pitcher Darcy Wood is battling a shoulder injury. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:10:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_065221008.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_065221008.html These days, when you visit a doctor’s office for the first time, you are given a form on which you are supposed to record important facts about your medical history. Unfortunately, these forms ask for considerable information, much of which few human beings can recall. More unfortunate yet is that different doctors use different forms. Consequently, we are required to fill out medical history forms calling for essentially the same information all over again for each new doctor. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:01:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_037220231.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_037220231.html Just to be clear at the outset, this column does not endorse or reject the symbol of a political party. Also, the column has nothing to do with a rock group called Elephant Memory that Yoko Ono and John Lennon promoted in the early 1970s. Instead, the topic of this column is the memory of real live elephants. Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:49:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_009205203.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_009205203.html Some people regard memory as an open or shut case. We either remember or don’t remember. Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:43:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_339184318.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_339184318.html We all are forgetful occasionally and leave something of ours behind in public places such as stores, shopping centers, and at the homes of family, friends and acquaintances. For example, we may forget to take with us things like a pair of gloves, an umbrella, a scarf or a jacket. Because we are all in this world together, we should forgive each other's memory failures. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_311212715.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/a_sharper_mind/local_story_311212715.html We all are forgetful on occasion. Some of us are more forgetful than others. If our forgetting inconveniences someone else, we hope that they will not be angry and will forgive our lapse. However, in addition to the possible anger or forgiving, there is another way someone might respond to our memory failure.