When people go to watch sporting events, they come to see good, hard competition. ... It is proving to yourself that you can keep going in a grueling event when you think you have nothing left. ... He played his tape before going to sleep and when he woke up in the mornings. ... This theory was tested by having athletes mentally rehearse images while measuring the corresponding neuromuscular electricity in their arms and legs. It was found that everything they visualized in their minds produced a corresponding electrical stimulation in their arms and legs. ...

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People see their environment in terms of how they are going to interact with it. ... The word 'kick' is associated with movement of the leg and the area of the motor cortex which is responsible for the movement of the leg to kick something is seen as activated on FMRI scans when there is no visual image or environmental interaction to be causal, just the word (Hauk, 2004). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Every day he would go down to his lab and try to unlock the secrets of the human mind. ... The first patient's responses to a medium cut in his leg had been the same if he hadn't had the chemical in his body that was supposed to numb his limb without causing side effects of dizziness, unconsciousness, and a seizing of motor skills in his legs. ... Heinrich had nothing to go back to. ... His lab was going to be completely destroyed. ... "We knew you were going to destroy your discovery. ...

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My legs shaking with a million thoughts and fears running through my mind at the speed of light. ... What was I going to do after the Army? ... The overview of my plan consisted of going to a community college getting an Associates in Pre-Nursing as well as taking medical school perquisites, going to a university for nursing school, then attending medical school. ... I decided on SPSCC because my girlfriend is going there for her Associates in Pre-Nursing as well. ... Would I be going to college or working some dead end job? ...

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When I say soon I didn't know it was going to be that upcoming Wednesday. ... My father had been replaced by a green individual with 2 antennas with eyes on the end, long slimy green fingers with round tips, he had big transparent belly, and long skinny legs with feet and toes to match his incredibly ugly hands. ... My father motioned for me to get out of the car, assuring me that everything was going to be okay if I just came to him. ... It was a lot going on for me to take at one time. ... My father and I joined my mother in the sister in the corner and began to explain to us what was g...

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Lengel tells Sammy that he should think over what he was going to do because it would affect his future. ... Her independence grabbed Sammy's attention because her friends followed behind her as "she just walked straight on slowly, on [her] long white primadonna legs", and as the "bathing suit[ . . . ]straps were down" it revealed her youthful beauty that he desired, (Updike, 99). ... Lengel tried to convince him that it was going to be a mistake that he "[doesn't ] want to do [that] to [his] Mom and Dad" (Updike, 103-104) Sammy admits that he shouldn't do it to his parents b...

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"You must go this minute for the doctor. ... Go for the doctor, quick."" ... "things can't go on like this. ... She goes from hoping that her brother can somehow be saved to being the driving force against him. ... The sudden noise be-hind him startled him so much that his little legs collapsed beneath him. ...

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The student will reflect on the question and go to the master with an answer. ... The student may try to force the answer, he begins to distrust his own understanding and yet he goes on thinking. ... The student will go to the teacher with the answer, questioningly, unsure of himself and the master will then know that the student understands the question. ... Niki goes through all of these stages throughout the novel as he eventually obtains satori. ... This belief goes against the teaching of the Tao as well as Niki's view of the world. ...

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If one were to go up to a group of strangers and ask where the light of the night was coming from, a majority of their answers would be the moon itself. ... These cavemen have been in the cave ever since birth; they are chained in a manner that they cannot move their heads or legs. ... The second way to see, she argues that, "There is another kind of seeing that involves a letting go. ... The Author would say to her readers, if one wants to see truly, then they must go backward to the early stage of their lives. ... One has to eventually go back to the fundamental of human existence, whic...

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One stood in front of me and the other stood behind, leaving me with nowhere to go. ... When I bent over to pick them up Jerry Crustner, which was behind, kicked me between the legs as hard as he could. ... Late one evening, while at a college I was attending, I get to the spot where my fiancé and I would frequently meet to see one another before we go into the dormitory for the night. ... Would you go with me to get it?... Deep down inside, something told me it wasn't going to be good. ...

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Some of these questions are trivial, temporary, they pertain only to the present situation and come and go as the times change. ... Where am I going to meet my friends for this evening's entertainment? ... It may be predicted with 99.9% accuracy that this child would take the money, but he still has just as much opportunity close his hand and tell his legs to walk the other way. ... King goes to great extents to show the relativity of legality. ...

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He begged me to please look after his dog since he needed to go to Amsterdam, Germany for a business trip in a month time. ... Two hours after the incident, a police called me to go to the park. ... I was just going to have a meeting with him! ... Instead of being confident as usual, I could feel my leg shaking. ...

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., strong legs, good eyesight, strong heart and other positive attributes, will pass these traits on to their offspring, thus, their offspring will enjoy the same advantages. ... It can be pretty complicated and as a result, people are not always aware of what's going on in their head. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate