kak-handers
(ok, left-handers) like myself. The presumed cause would be brain
dysfunction that is responsible for both conditions. We're also
supposed to die younger. Sigh!
I can probably dig up a reference if needed.
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That opinion clearly supports Wayne Spencer's contention.
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uestions right, it documents that "I
didn't know" is not a credible defense. And for students who get
them wrong, it gives me an opportunity to invite them to see me
for remediation.
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nd my outrage
at its enormity.
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universities to award degrees in astrology.
The move comes amid increasing criticism that the
government's nationalistic Hindu campaign is damaging higher
education."
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ing.
And I'm going to keep on breastfeeding, no matter what they
think!
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etitto/petitto.html.
The paper I quoted is available there, as well as others.
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Petitto, L. (2000). On the biological foundations of human
language. In: H Lane & K. Emmorey (Eds). The signs of
language revisited, LEA.
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el. The Lancet, 1351--
Kinge B., Midelfart, A. [love that name], et al. (2000). The
influence of near-work on development of myopia among
university students. Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 78,
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tal lobes.
Therefore video games damage the brain and cause children to
become violent.
Seems reasonable to me.
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ionable websites they might
access in researching a particular topic. What we need to do is
to educate them to warn themselves.
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ent., 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Millfin.
Skinner, B.F.(1953). Science and human behavior. New York:
Macmillan.
Staats, A., & Staats, C. (1963). Complex human behavior. New
York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Step
"Neat" fails to do it justice. This one is
remarkable. It's an advanced, animated, interactive review of
sensory physiology, especially vision. It's amazing what you can
get for free on the web these days.
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victims, accused by children who were coerced into statements by
anxious parents and investigators?
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ger than 1400 KB. You can get file size information
by clicking on the "details" icon before you open the file.
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were Micmac Indian
activists and Canadian Department of Fisheries officers. The
remainder was reasonably accurate.
Well, it coulda been. And thanks to a colleague who got me
thinking about the matter.
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n his refutation of the myth that
Einstein was slow in school".
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Thomas, M. (2000). Albert Einstein and LD: an evaluation of
the evidence. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33, 149-157.
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nt information had been carefully
excised. At least with people's writings, we can still check the
original source. It's a good idea.
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o see what Bishop's campus looks like, go see the
new release "Lost and Delirious", where we stand in for an
all-girl's school with big student problems ("A thoughtful and
compassionate story of a young girl"--Hollywood Reporter).
Starring Piper Perabo, limi
on http://www.scirus.com/?h to do a search and see how Scirus performs.
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st conventional psychological wisdom, be prepared for grief,
it seems.
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F M S F O U N D A T I O N N E W S L E T T E R (e-mail
edition)
July/August 2
s conference like "You won't
have Nixon to kick around anymore". When our ineffable Prime
Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau resigned, he said something like
"I won't have you guys to kick around anymore".
I like PET's version better.
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secretaries because they know it will all be available
afterwards.
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ct in a
particular way) may also be better than evil because it promotes
survival.
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be
right!". His reply: "You're right, too!".
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continue this topic)
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cifer principle?
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I look like this.
http://hillsind.com/arnold.htm
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imals".
With friends like that, I think animals have something to worry
about. And it sure gives new meaning to the word "ethical" in the
name of her organization.
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gy journal articles. Journal of comparative and
physiological psychology, 55, 893-896.
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abstractions! Evil
(and by extension, the Lucifer Principle) is not a scientifically
meaningful concept.
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Jeff Ricker wrote:
> I think that it was someone on TIPS (probably Stephen Black...that's my
> recollection, at least) who turned me on to Cecil Adams and "The
> Straight Dope." Here is a recent column on a topic that may be of
&
censorship!
Only it's now in the hands of the webmaster rather than the law.
Is that preferable?
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> > On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Rick Adams wrote:
> >
> > > In response to Jim's post about religious speech in other
> > > nations, both Stephen Black and Paul Smith posted news clips
> > > about the issue of an anti-abortion site that posted names
> >
nd none on placebo, they're probably real.
Note: I would appreciate having someone go over my stats and my
interpretation of them. I don't feel confident I've got them
right. Heck, go over the whole paper and see if you agree with
me.
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> In response to Jim's post about religious speech in other nations, both
> Stephen Black and Paul Smith posted news clips about the issue of an
> anti-abortion site that posted names and addresses of physicians willing
> to perfor
s crossed out on the
site soon after he was killed.
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autism.
Now, what the heck is "forensic psychology"?
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write with
their right. So lefties were scarce in that cohort. We don't
smack people anymore for picking up a pencil with their left
hand, so perhaps a few left-handers will start showing up in
old-folks homes. At least I hope so.
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on, Mo., was found beaten to death in
> the woods...
> In 1997 at St. Bernard High School in Playa del Rey, Calif.,
> 18-year-old student Earoll Michael Thomas was found shot to
> death by the school track...
Curious that all three of these incidents took place not only in
private schools, b
legislated against
c) support one ethnic group, which happens not to be mine, over
those of any other
So this is why, if I have to lose money, I would prefer handing
it over to almost anyone else, including failing corporate CEOs,
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atistics for
both churches and the insurance industry
Kansas City Star
Date: 05/05/1996
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that way, no more of it than necessary goes to the government.
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x27;s a clever reminder of some of the pitfalls of multiple-choice
test construction. But I'd still rather take a multiple-choice
test (or write one) than have to deal with an exam with questions
such as:
a) Define the universe
b) Give three examples
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wrong. It doesn't cost much in grade inflation, and
we all get to feel good.
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erson, the correct answer is
perfectly clear in every case.
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later generations.
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, Einstein hated quantum theory. It's a good line
though, so I'd just change it to WWFS.
(What would Feynman say?)
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heir mastery of the course. They would consider the
"I'm not a mind-reader" defense irrelevant to their real
complaint, which is that the problem is a deficient exam, not
deficient knowledge.
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psychiatrists.
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ty iniquitous.
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get it at no charge.
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stions for publishers: I'm sure your questions are
different!)
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anity. Or, to change the
metaphor, the default position is "not proven".
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to have written
them, but I didn't.
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"time restriction" she means that essay questions take so
long to answer you can't test very much of the course in the
typical exam period; with m-p you can test much more)
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natal exposure to tobacco, marijuana, or alcohol, and the
quality of the child's environment. Further replication is
required of preliminary neurologic findings.
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bit of bother to forward spam to abuse, it always
gives me a strange satisfaction.
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inker, it wasn't easy, but I found an unauthorized
pic, just as good. It's an instinct I have.
-the other Stephen
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ng anything during
the day."
I'll drink to that.
-Stephen
References
Jordan, J. et al (1999). A potent pressor response elicited
by drinking water. The Lancet, 353, 723--
Michaud, D. et al (1999). Fluid intake and risk of bladder cancer
in men. New England Jou
davidduke.com:81/guest/RemoteListSummary/DukeCampaign>.
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ion science" or "intelligent
design" rather than to just suppress it?
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been elected to make sure that taxpayer dollars
are spent wisely and only for truth," Rep. Jim Holt, a freshman
Republican and self-described Christian conservative, told the
committee.
This is an early April Fool's Day joke, right?
-Stephen
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may reproduce. And if
it does, we may just have seen the earliest baby picture yet.
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Stephen Black wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Mark A. Casteel wrote:
>
> > Hi TIPSters. Can anyone help me locate a recent study (out of MIT,
> > possibly) that was discussed on NPR in the last couple of weeks that
> > examined the brain waves of do
> Any help you can provide would be appreciated.
Probably this, but it's rats, not dogs, and I find the study
distinctly underwhelming.
http://news.24.com/News24/Technology/Science_Nature/0,1113,2-13-46_970477,00.html
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ge characteristics
in parents from multiple-incidence autism families. American
Journal of Medical Genetics, 74, 398-411.
Sanua, V. (1987). Infantile autism and parental socioeconomic
status: a case of bimodal distribution. Child Psychiatry
and Human Development, 17, 189--
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es that mean? Is this the Dutch equivalent of foreplay?
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isturbances of affective contact.
Nervous Child, 2, 217-250.
Kanner, L. (1971). Follow-up study of eleven autistic children
originally reported in 1943. Journal of Autism and Childhood
Schizophrenia, 1, 2 (?), 119-145.
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then blithely go ahead and imply that it's all causal.
Might be something of a downer to point this out at commencement,
'though.
-Stephen
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1999.
That is, _Science_, Volume 286, Number 5441, Issue of 29 Oct
1999, pp. 877-879.
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t progressively shrank. The
article gives a neat diagram of the X, showing the hypothesis
that the Y diverged in four stages, and that only a tiny part of
the short arm can still recombine with the X.
Go get it, Joyce!
-Stephen
eresting.)
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Anderson, M., & Green, C. (2001). Suppressing unwanted memories
by executive control. Nature, 410, 366-
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ephants doing it. Are naked elephants pornographic? Am I going
to get in trouble over this? Is this phallocentric psychology?
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tad hasty. Anyone know what's going on?
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discovered that the porpoise apparently has one also.
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set, on perceptual
asymmetry, particularly impressive. (Their demonstration worked
very well on me).
Should be of interest to students as well.
Stephen
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hey'll probably
be happy to help, nevertheless.
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editorial board, stated
policies, or the papers they've recently published. Anyone know
what this might be about?
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an't wait
to find out.
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around at.
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cite them
only to encourage you to dig this thoughtful article up,
especially those in the throes of our current discussion of the
topic.
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ts of shared environment
decrease during childhood to negligible levels after
adolescence".
That's pretty remarkable, isn't it?
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rwise blameless people to "a very bad
place" solely for not believing appropriately be an evil, cruel
and malicious entity? How can this be consistent with a belief in
a just, kind, and caring God?
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tion of function: from
infancy through childhood. Psychological Bulletin, 101,
376--
Fletcher, J., & Satz, P. (1983). Age, plasticity and
equipotentiality: a reply to Smith. J. Consult Clin.
Psychol. 51, 763--
St. James-Roberts, I. (1981). A reinterpretation of
hemispher
er the time for recovery before assessment. When recovery
time is controlled, the alleged advantage for early damage
disappears.
References would be nice, of course, but I must plead writing
from home.
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ot
be appropriate for this list, but in the context of the thread we
were discussing (censorship of a science fair project), it was
justifiable.
And more on (c). I'd even go for that, provided it was clearly
funny. But I'm afraid that one didn't do it for me (unlike kitty
bonsai).
he parrotted photos compared with the randomly-assigned,
she'll have a case.
Of course, if the parrot is really psychic, it should start
squawking "no fair!" each time a blank comes up.
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On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Stephen Black wrote:
>
> But the short answer to Traci seems to be that demyelination is a
> risk factor for alcoholics.
I believe I should have said this the other way around.
Demyelination doesn't cause people to become alcoholics (at least
not as far as
inolysis. Current Opinion
in Neurology, 13, 691-7
Hettema, h., & Halma, C. (1999). Beer drinker's
hyponatraemia: a case report. Netherland Journal of
Medicine, 54, 105-7.
Menger H, Jorg J. (1999. Outcome of central pontine and
extrapontine myelinolysis (n = 44). J Neur
he first effective action the worker takes after a variable
interval of time.
> 9. Random drug testing; worker refrains from taking drugs (Baron,1992).
No. Once again the problem is that the response ("not taking a
drug"?) is supposed to occur after the expiry of the interval
(when the
u with the faults they had
And add some extra just for you
Too much of clinical and pop psychology has been permeated with
this unsubstantiated and pernicious view. I, for one, am not
sorry to see it go.
-Stephen
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of
his book _Nature and Nurture_. Bouchard et al, in a letter to
_Science_ 250, 1990, p. 1498) titled "when kin correlations are
not squared" has a go at the issue as well.
So I just believe it.
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