[tips] Limitless or How Drugs Let Me Rule The World For A Little Bit

2011-03-18 Thread Mike Palij
The movie Limitless is out this weekend wherein a pitiable schmuck who can't get started on his novel comes across a drug that allows him to use the 80% of his brain that he has not been using. One review of the movie is provided in the NY Times (quick before they charge you for it!): see:

[tips] Seems like Tuskegee/Guatemala in Japan

2011-03-18 Thread michael sylvester
The Japanese authorities call for retirees to volunteer to go inside the Nuclear plants to put out the fires sort of reminds me of the infamous Tuskegee-Guatemala experiments although the similarities could be ideologically challenged. The rationale of the Japanese is that the retirees will die

Re: [tips] Seems like Tuskegee/Guatemala in Japan

2011-03-18 Thread John Kulig
Well, if you want something more similar, watch the Harrison Ford movie K-19 The Widowmaker, based on the true life incident in the North Atlantic (1961 I believe). The nuclear reactor in the sub started heating up and had to be repaired up close to avert disaster on the sub and a US-Soviet

Re: [tips] Seems like Tuskegee/Guatemala in Japan

2011-03-18 Thread John Kulig
Besides the leadership/obedience angle to the K-19 story I alluded to, there is also a Canadian connection, filmed entirely there. There is quite a bit of information about this incident out there on Wikipedia and other sources == John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of

Re:[tips] The expression of the emotions in man and animals

2011-03-18 Thread Allen Esterson
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=N9oxmRT2YWwvq=medium Fabulous clip, Stephen. Darwin would have loved it! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org -- [tips] The expression of the

Re:[tips] The expression of the emotions in man and animals

2011-03-18 Thread Jim Clark
Hi And there's always the classic ... http://filipspagnoli.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/bush_monkey.jpg Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Allen Esterson allenester...@compuserve.com 18-Mar-11 2:09:12 PM

Re: [tips] weighted vests!?

2011-03-18 Thread sblack
On 18 Mar 2011 at 13:23, Steven Specht wrote: I have attached two review articles related to weighted vest research. I also spoke with a respected expert in the field of autism research (who said, I would never use it in my clinic). It appears that the technique is used by lots of clinicians

[tips] Fw: Stuttering video

2011-03-18 Thread michael sylvester
I am observing meticulously and oerationally defining the subjects' stuttering moment. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-485913265308369771# Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click

[tips] It's Bits All The Way Down

2011-03-18 Thread Mike Palij
The NY Times Book Review contains an interesting review by Geoffrey Nunberg of James Gleick's new book The Information. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/books/review/book-review-the-information-by-james-gleick.html?_r=1nl=booksemc=booksupdateema2pagewanted=all or

Re: [tips] The expression of the emotions in man and animals

2011-03-18 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
A non-psychologist friend of mine, on seeing this clip, speculated that the baby is scared by the sound of the nose blowing and mommy's face being covered. But, when the handkerchief is lowered, the face is exposed, it is like 'peek-a-boo' games and fun fun fun! Paul C Bernhardt Frostburg