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Boosts Brain Power    • Share:  Art may be good for the soul,
but it seems acting is also good for the brain. Helga and Tony
Noice of Elmhurst College in Illinois have been testing,
researching, and writing about actors' remarkable memories for
most of their 36-year marriage. Tony, an actor and theatre
professor, has found that a good actor is "a walking repository"
ripe for memory studies.  Helga, a cognitive psychologist and
frequent theatregoer, had always wondered why actors could
easily memorize hours of dialogue. She noted, "The audience
meeting the actor after a performance would always say, 'How did
you learn all those lines?' But the actors rarely ever talk
about that…. I decided to investigate the mental processes of
actors."  What began as the thesis of her doctoral dissertation
25 years ago became a scientific passion for both. They've since
conducted approximately 30 experiments on acting and cognitive
ability, and published 50 articles.