Research shows that playing the video game Tetris can improve your brain’s efficiency and will thicken some areas of the cortex. Neuroscientist Richard Haier had adolescent girls play Tetris for three months and looked for changes in their brain scans.
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Three months of Tetris playing had two distinct effects on the brains of research subjects: Some areas in the brain showed greater efficiency (the blue areas in the diagram above), and different areas showed thicker cortexes, which is a sign of more grey matter (red). This, says the doctors who undertook the study, shows that focusing on a “challenging visuospatial task” like a videogame can actually alter the structure of the brain, not just increase brain activity [Wired.com]. But surprisingly, there was no overlap between the regions that became more efficient and those that thickened. Haier says more research must be done to determine how different areas of the brain interact during game playing
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Tee-hee!
I use one daily to mislead all those who follow me when I go to work- They all think a large horse goes there, while in fact it is little me with my size 8.5 human feet...
this is strapped on over the base of the tail to keep the
horse from rubbing it against things and messing it up.
It actually looks like a door opener.
You attach the hoof side at the bottom of a door. the "cage" part is what you hook the tip of your boot into, and pull with your foot. This way you can open doors without using your hands, or if your hands are full.
Horseshoes are made into all kinds of decorative fixtures. Generally new horseshoes are used for this, and then coated with rust preventative of various kinds. They're used as coat hooks, wine racks, gun racks, paper towel holders, and so on. It looks like this is in that general category, but my best guess for the actual use of the thing is "torch holder."
Click on it and you will find pictures of an actual patten horseshoe. Now, all you good people, tell me again that the object is a patten horseshoe. The object in question is a homemade hat rack, made to hang one hat. Good golly people, get a grip on reality.
Now, how do I know this? Because I had one just like it. My uncle made it for me in 1966.
BTW, even the description of the purpose is incorrect. The purpose is to make the injured leg 'NON WEIGHT BEARING'. Doh.