Exam Schedule Posted

The Office of the Registrar has finalized the December exam schedule and posted detailed exam instructions for students at "Instructions to Students Regarding the Exam Schedule" (at http://www.registrarsoffice.ualberta.ca/Examinations/Instructions-to-Students.aspx).

On the page, students can link to the December 2012 Final Examination Schedule (students can also check out their personal schedule on BearTracks), and review specific instructions for the major examination facilities, seating arrangements, exam absences, procedures and schedule conflicts.

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Can math cause pain?

 A new study by Dr.Ian Lyons of the University of Chicago, has linked the sensation of physical pain with the anticipation of math in "math anxious" groups.

Using fMRI brain scans, they found that when people in the "math anxious" group were told that they would be doing math problems the area of the brain known as the posterior insula would  become active. This is the same area of the brain that is responsible for registering threats and experiencing pain.

Interestingly though, once the participants started actually doing math problems the area was no longer active.
A true case of a "dogs" bark being worst than its bite.

Read more about this at:
Popular Science
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PLOS one, open access journal

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