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Originally Posted by Chesapeake Bill
Define "creating wealth" and then explain why a stimulus package was necessary and what purpose the National Science Foundation ?
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right, I can see how funding a study on "stressed-out teens" can be construed as "wealth creation"
from the NSF website
Stressed Out: Teens and Adults Respond Differently
UCLA neuroscientist Adriana Galván studies the impact of normal, everyday stress and associated stress hormones on adolescents' brain function and decision making
Adriana Galván explores how daily stress and associated stress hormones impact decision making.
September 3, 2010
Stress can be compared with the pressure that a sculptor places on a piece of marble: the right pressure and it becomes a masterpiece, but too much pressure and the marble breaks into pieces.
The right amount of stress helps us to meet our goals and do good work. Too much stress can produce serious damage to the heart, the vascular system and the immune system, and it also causes changes in some areas of the brain.
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Adriana Galván, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is studying the effect of stress on brain function in adolescents and adults.