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1. Play Issue Winter 2014

   Flights of Fancy

   Flights of Fancy Winter 2014Free play shapes a child’s brain—and bestows a lifetime of benefitsPlay Issueby Jake MillerFeature A five-year-old in a pink and purple striped sweatshirt bares her teeth, growls, then plunges into a knot of snarling children. …
2. Play Issue Winter 2014

   Enduring Pleasures

3. Play Issue Winter 2014

   Competitive Edge

   Competitive Edge Winter 2014Practice might get you to the Olympics, but mental preparation may be what puts you on the podiumPlay Issueby Susan KarczFeature Yogi Berra, the eminently quotable former New York Yankees player and manager, is credited with …
4. Play Issue Winter 2014

   Structural Elements

   Structural Elements Winter 2014Orthopedists tap improved imaging, bioregeneration, and less-invasive surgeries to help athletes mendPlay Issueby Stephanie DutchenFeature A young woman lies anesthetized on the operating table. Sterile blue drapes expose …
5. Play Issue Winter 2014

   Home Team

   Home Team Winter 2014Boston’s teams draft local talent with carePlay Issueby Valerie WencisProfile R. Bruce Donoff Position: Attending Oral Surgeon Team: Boston Bruins Ruminating over an old photograph hung on a wall in his office, R. Bruce Donoff ’73, …
6. Play Issue Winter 2014

   At Their Service

7. Play Issue Winter 2014

   5 Questions with an Expert on the Sense of Touch

   5 Questions with an Expert on the Sense of Touch Winter 2014A conversation with David GintyPlay Issueby Stephanie DutchenInterview Why study the sensory neurons of touch? Touch is a fundamental sense, yet there’s so much we don’t know about it. We know …
8. Play Issue Winter 2014

   From Gridiron to Orthopedic Surgeon

   From Gridiron to Orthopedic Surgeon Winter 2014A profile of Mark Adickes, Class of 2000Play Issueby Katie DuboffProfile Claims to Fame Assistant professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Medical School; professional football player, …
9. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   The Stethoscope Replies

   The Stethoscope Replies Summer 2014A poemBody Language Issueby Rafael CampoPerspective Truls Espedal, The Circle , Oil on canvas, 70 x 50 cm I’ve heard this one so many times before: the story of some awful heartbreak, or the murmuring of love found at …
10. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

    Thanks

    Thanks Summer 2014Death, expected, then unexpected, carries lessonsBody Language Issueby Michael LacombePerspective What can we learn from the dying beyond a sudden sense of our own mortality? Is there anything to be gained beyond the poignancy of the …