" This is the neuroscience version of "practice makes perfect.

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For example, the intersection of western asana practice with the fashion world and the ideal of the perfect thin body, might reinforce unhealthy choices that have little to do with personal evolution.

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Practice makes perfect, and so by the time the reach adulthood, the children of more affluent parents find that the skills needed to navigate college and the workplace come naturally to them.

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There's no doubt the musicians could play each piece note-perfect without a conductor: each performance is the culmination of years of practice, hours of painstaking work to refine their art.

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Practice may not really make perfect, but research is showing that it definitely makes a lot of sense.

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But, judging by the level of panic at the World Bank's H Street headquarters, it is less than perfect in practice.

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