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Gestures provide a helping hand in problem solving

WASHINGTON — Talking with your hands can trigger mental images that help solve complex problems relating to spatial visualization, an important skill for both students and professionals, according to new research published by the American Psyc…

WSU researchers apply fatigue model to fatal commuter air crash

SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington State University sleep researchers have determined that the air traffic controller in the crash of a Lexington, Ky., commuter flight was substantially fatigued when he failed to detect that the plane was on the wrong r…