[tips] What Price Altruism?

2016-09-18 Thread Mike Palij
ng+Gene I think that one can't help feeling sorry for Price because though he was brilliant in certain ways, he did not have the self-insight to understand how he would ultimately destroy himself. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. No new explosions today in NYC. --- You

Re: [tips] The Longest Running Scientific Experiments, Part Uno

2016-09-07 Thread Mike Palij
ot;Ray Donovan", "Masters of Sex", etc.). For Apted's filmography, see: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm776/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 11:12:26 AM, Mike Palij wrote: A website known as

[tips] The Longest Running Scientific Experiments, Part Uno

2016-09-07 Thread Mike Palij
n collected but not seriously analyzed. I believe this is where Fisher developed the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) here and what was known as the Fisher z-test (later F test, courtesy of Snedecor 1934) and the intraclass correlation. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are current

[tips] If You're Going to Commit Research Fraud, Don't Spend Grant Money on Unauthorized Stuff at Walmat & Target...

2016-09-07 Thread Mike Palij
ade public? Especially the data that wasn't collected but presented nonetheless? I think people would really like see that. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostbur

Re: [tips] H.M. Book Reviewed in the NY Times

2016-09-02 Thread Mike Palij
ioOUC=frontcover=Hilts+%22Memory%27s+ghost%22=en=X=0ahUKEwjw8Ye8nfHOAhXDFR4KHTMIDUsQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage=Hilts%20%22Memory%27s%20ghost%22=false Sorry for the length of the post. I may have had a psychotic break with reality somewhere along the way for which I apologize. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Re

[tips] When People Fired For Research Misconduct Come Back For Revenge

2016-08-31 Thread Mike Palij
-chappaqua-police-say-revenge-may-be-motive.html?_r=1 Talk about holding a grudge. He was fired back in 2009. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostbur

[tips] NYT: Letter of Recommendation: The Useless Machine

2016-08-31 Thread Mike Palij
ecided to drop it from consideration). This is what I was reminded of when I saw "Letter of Recommendation: The Useless Machine" because that LoR really was useless, no matter how well known the author might have been. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently

[tips] H.M. Book Reviewed in the NY Times

2016-08-31 Thread Mike Palij
he history surrounding HM as well as commentary on the "sociology of cognitive neuroscience", how social factors affected people working in this area. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscri

re: [tips] Sad Face? Part Deux

2016-08-29 Thread Mike Palij
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 20:24:04 -0700, Mike Palij wrote: Although I have been somewhat following the "replication crisis" I did not know the "sad face" result and its apparent importance. Failure to replicate this result is the focus of this article in Slate; see: http://ww

Re: [tips] Sad Face?

2016-08-28 Thread Mike Palij
mental psychologists are used to. Seems like there's a meta-psychology problem here that is not being clearly articulated. On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:22 PM, Mike Palij somehow managed to scribble:: Although I have been somewhat following the "replication crisis" I did not know the "sad

[tips] Sad Face?

2016-08-28 Thread Mike Palij
, memory, perception, reaction time, etc.) have not been replicated? Has there been a failure to replicate or a "decline effect" for the Stroop task? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To

Re: [tips] Panic at JFK

2016-08-26 Thread Mike Palij
David Wallace-Wells wrote up his JFK experience and it's up on the NY Mage website; see: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/08/the-terrifying-jfk-airport-shooting-that-wasnt.html Fubar. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu - Original Message - On Friday, August 26, 2016

re: [tips] Panic at JFK

2016-08-26 Thread Mike Palij
e situations are unique (i.e., too many different details) but a more general research approach may come up with relationships among factors common to these different situations. So, what happened at JFK? Damned if I know. All I can say is "Don't Panic!" and stay out of the way of stamp

Re: [tips] on STM

2016-08-25 Thread Mike Palij
nt, however, is left as an exercise to the reader. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- Original Message --- On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 09:09:50 -0700, Claudia Stanny wrote: Mike O makes a good point. Another variant on his question is: What enduring information and

Re:[tips] on STM

2016-08-25 Thread Mike Palij
hey provide, and possibly point the way to which questions need additional examination in future research? But what do I know, right? --> Mike O. ->Mike P. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Again, sorry for being tangential. On 8/23/16 1:00 AM, Teaching in the

[tips] Anyone Use This Website?

2016-08-24 Thread Mike Palij
? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=49297 or send a blank email to leave-49297

Re: [tips] on STM

2016-08-24 Thread Mike Palij
eading his article, at least I didn't). Thanks for clearing that up, Mike[image: ] You're very welcome. It's nice to know that I'm not just writing stuff for myself. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu -- *From:* Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu> *Sent:

RE: [tips] on STM

2016-08-24 Thread Mike Palij
TV watching? Just curious. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu -- Original Message - On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:22:53 -0700, Mike Palij wrote: Many people in the field follow the research of Nelson Cowan who has argued that the "Magical Number" is actually 4

RE: [tips] on STM

2016-08-22 Thread Mike Palij
owan tries to make all of this clear but the memory models we learned long ago might be difficult for some to given up. YMMV. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:57:28 -0700, Jim Clark wrote: Hi I'm not up to date on the latest views about STM or Worki

[tips] On The Entropy of the English Language

2016-08-19 Thread Mike Palij
is to quote the 53rd Calypso by the holy man Bokonon: ""nice, nice, very nice, so many different people in the same device". For more, see: http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/personal/bokonon.html Busy, busy, busy. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently

[tips] Got A Preprint Psych Article That You Want to Circulate? There's PsyArXiv...

2016-08-18 Thread Mike Palij
-Preprints/ The temporary website for now can be accessed on the Open Science Framework website:: https://osf.io/view/PsyArXiv/ -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostbur

[tips] Why The Honey Badger Doesn't Care, or Why You Should Stop Watching "Seinfeld"

2016-08-17 Thread Mike Palij
ugh a door in a battle usually gets shot first and most often. So, let someone else be that poor schmuck and wait for your turn to attack. Especially if that poor schmuck is your enemy, oh, like the New York Times. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. For slightly more context and rele

[tips] The Importance of Cooking: It's Why We Have Such Big Brains (Well, at least some of us)

2016-08-15 Thread Mike Palij
al Academy of Sciences, 2016; 201610178 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1610178113 -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=492

Re: [tips] And The Beat Goes On and On: The H.M. Affair And Neuroscience's Response to It

2016-08-12 Thread Mike Palij
t;Nova" episode makes this point, I think, fairly clear. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:18:07 -0700,Kenneth Steele wrote: One of my several strong reactions to this story was about the informed consent issue. Assuming that Corkin's analysis of H. M.'s

[tips] And The Beat Goes On and On: The H.M. Affair And Neuroscience's Response to It

2016-08-11 Thread Mike Palij
in. And that is where the plot thickens and the interested reader will find out for him/herself what happened and ask, perhaps, ask why? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. If one believes that HM was not capable of giving informed consent, then what should one do with the data and the publi

[tips] And The Beat Goes On: The H.M. Affair And Seuroscience's Response to It

2016-08-11 Thread Mike Palij
now less clear what they mean. On the bright side, it does provide a new case to review when we cover research ethics. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulis

[tips] Rio Is Not Your Grandparent's Olympics -- No Town Planning Competition

2016-08-09 Thread Mike Palij
nt from 1924 to 1948. But, not to worry, the U.S. won the Silver medal in 1936; see: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/americas-first-medal-at-the-nazi-olympics-was-fortown-planning Personally, I prefer women's beach volleyball. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are

[tips] Woman Who Was "Eve" in the "Three Faces of Eve" Dies.

2016-08-07 Thread Mike Palij
have an obit on her in the Monitor or Observer? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=49140 or send a blank e

[tips] CLINTONICS?

2016-07-29 Thread Mike Palij
eck how the word appears on TV or phone screens. I'm sure that there is a perception experiment waiting to be done on how far apart L and I need to be for them not to be fused into a single letter but I'll leave that to be done during the nonpolitical season. -Mike Palij New York University m...@n

RE: [tips] error bars

2016-07-21 Thread Mike Palij
). Also, folks in what is today called "Data science" also make use of Excel in data entry, cleaning, analysis, and modeling, so, if you know anyone in this area (or can find them online; there's a group on Linkedin and elsewhere) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Thu, 21 Jul

Re: [tips] Uh, What College Did She Graduate From?

2016-07-20 Thread Mike Palij
fell on her sword for the Ts, she was not fired. I wonder If Melanija decides to complete her degree at a U.S. college whether her professors will be so forgiving? So, who will be first to spot tonight's plagiarism??? :-) Or, a drinking game where you take a drink every time there is plagia

[tips] Uh, What College Did She Graduate From?

2016-07-20 Thread Mike Palij
Things that make you go "Hm". See: http://www.snopes.com/melania-trump-architecture-degree/ and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump-college-claims_us_578dd95ce4b0c53d5cfac0dc -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tip

Re: [tips] Is 7% Copying Still Plagiarism?

2016-07-19 Thread Mike Palij
in the speeches aren't a |cause for concern when "93% of the speech is completely different |from Michelle Obama's speech." -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:36:21 -0700, Christopher Green wrote: "Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; b

[tips] Is 7% Copying Still Plagiarism?

2016-07-19 Thread Mike Palij
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/melania-trump-michelle-obama-speech/index.html Send me something. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id

[tips] Howard Raiffa, Dead at 92

2016-07-18 Thread Mike Palij
Farewell to another kid from the Bronx, NY who did well. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=49044 or se

[tips] Remember Thomson Reuters Web of Science? Well, Forget It

2016-07-15 Thread Mike Palij
ng to play a bigger role in faculty evaluation, especially at research institutions. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325a

[tips] Neanderthal To Go, With A Side Homo Sapiens

2016-07-10 Thread Mike Palij
-cave/ By the way, there's no evidence that Neanderthal's ate homo sapiens but there is evidence that homo sapiens engaged in cannibalism with each other about 120,000 years ago. As the end of the article points out, some things don't change. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You

[tips] When Statistics Go Bad: Nueroimaging Screws Up Again, Way Worst Than Dead Salmon

2016-07-07 Thread Mike Palij
itive rates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201602413. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff

[tips] Irving Gottesman, Pioneering Psychologist on Schizophrenia, Dies at 85

2016-07-07 Thread Mike Palij
For the obituary in the NY Times, see: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/07/science/irving-gottesman-pioneering-psychologist-on-schizophrenia-dies-at-85.html Not a good time for "boomer" psychologists. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscrib

re: [tips] A question about 19th-century translations of scholarly works

2016-06-30 Thread Mike Palij
demic and medical works. It may be worthwhile to examine publisher's lists of books (or their ads in journals and magazines) to see how often translator's names are provided for English versions of foreign works. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are current

Re:[tips] The Flaw at the Heart of Psychological Research

2016-06-29 Thread Mike Palij
rence between means = zero. Perhaps Meehl was a closet SEM supporter or he got religion late in his life and realized that his earlier arguments have aged badly. If only the people who read his earlier work were similarly enlighted (then again, they may have their own agendas in keeping such out-dat

Re: [tips] The Flaw at the Heart of Psychological Research

2016-06-27 Thread Mike Palij
icle.com/article/The-Flaw-at-the-Heart-of/236916 NOTE: this is behind a paywall. If your library doesn't subscribe, I'm sure that Chris would be more than happy to supply a reprint. ;-) Or email me. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. I really do like Chris Green, I just

[tips] Jerome Bruner dies at 100

2016-06-09 Thread Mike Palij
The NYU School of Law put out its own obit; see: http://www.law.nyu.edu/news/in-memoriam-jerome-bruner -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id

re: [tips] Jerome Bruner dies at 100

2016-06-09 Thread Mike Palij
s of what he did/published over the years. Some might find it useful. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=4

[tips] Suzanne Corkin Has Died -- Studied H.M.

2016-06-01 Thread Mike Palij
-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/39767/title/H-M--s-Brain--1953-Present/ -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips

[tips] Fun With Graphs And Death Spirals

2016-06-01 Thread Mike Palij
that is, individual and social reactions to events that will destroy all human life and who knows what else (e.g., earth getting hit by an asteroid, global pandemics, zombie apocalypse, etc.)? Which text(s) and materials did you use? Might become a popular course real soon. ;-) -Mike Palij N

[tips] The Neaderthal Construction Co, Inc

2016-05-30 Thread Mike Palij
o lump "you know who" with the Neanderthals since they appear to have had better manners. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa3

re: [tips] Postdictive illusion of choice or clairvoyance?

2016-05-24 Thread Mike Palij
ests as well? Perhaps the problem of the questionable validity of retrospective power analysis (instead of prospective power analysis -- but here the researcher must commit to specific population distributions and effect sizes but most researchers don't have a clue about either) prevents this. Anyway, let the

[tips] A Young Colleagues Advice to Some Elder Psychologist ;-)

2016-05-23 Thread Mike Palij
ment that eventually was published (after the "revisions" described in the Narrative.ly article were made), see: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/68/9/801/ Just another resource for those who cover the "positivity ratio" in their classes. -Mike Palij New York University

[tips] "The Stanford Prison Experiment" on the Showtime Channel

2016-05-14 Thread Mike Palij
A portrait of hubris. If you're familiar with Zimbardo's hour long documentary, you'll see the which scenes are re-enactments but the sequences are somewhat different. I do miss the mirror sunglasses even though they do mention "Cool Hand Luke" at the start. -Mike Palij New York Un

RE:[tips] OK Cupid

2016-05-14 Thread Mike Palij
41lrr." YIKES! Clearly, there is more here than just terrible data, given the reputations of the researchers who "scoured" the data and the ethical issues involved. The OSF has certainly taken a hit to its integrity and reputation. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Rememb

RE:[tips] OK Cupid

2016-05-13 Thread Mike Palij
hich is probably one of the most important criterial variables? I think it would have been better if the dataset did contain Trump's tax returns. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Fri, 13 May 2016 12:36:12 -0700,Mike Palij wrote: On Fri, 13 May 2016 12:26:49 -0700, Karl Louis Wuensc

RE:[tips] OK Cupid

2016-05-13 Thread Mike Palij
by "the controversial nature of the data"? What's in the file? Donald Trump's tax returns? ;-) Cheers, Ditto. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- original message Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 2:07 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips

[tips] New Documentary on Kitty Genovese-Trailer

2016-05-13 Thread Mike Palij
see: http://gothamist.com/2016/05/12/first_look_kitty_genovese_doc.php NOTE: may be of interest only to a small circle of friends. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostbur

re: [tips] OK Cupid

2016-05-11 Thread Mike Palij
, which, when uncompressed, is in csv format. Much of the data is alphanumeric and will need be recoded to numeric for some analyses. http://openpsych.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=279 Perfect for the person with nothing to do this summer! ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Rem

re: [tips] iceberg hunters rejoice

2016-05-06 Thread Mike Palij
understand if they haven't changed it). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.eud --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=48686 or send a blank email

[tips] What If Trump Ran An Actual University?

2016-05-05 Thread Mike Palij
Would it turn out something like this? See: http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/4576/the_donald_trump_of_catholic_higher_education.aspx -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http

RE: [tips] While You're Waiting To Get The Results From Indiana...

2016-05-04 Thread Mike Palij
. ;-) see: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/04/17/what-is-bernie-sanders-net-worth.aspx -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Tuesday, May 03, 2016 4:38 PM, Mike Palij wrote: here is something to read and think about -- WARNING! contains psychological content which might

Re: [tips] The "Zombie" Scientific Literature And Its Effects on Science

2016-05-02 Thread Mike Palij
). Getting back to the original issue of "Zombie" scientific literature, the iceberg metaphor seems to be a clear example in psychology and the field would benefit from removing its from usage outside of placing it into historical context. -Mike Palij New York University m...@

[tips] The "Zombie" Scientific Literature And Its Effects on Science

2016-05-02 Thread Mike Palij
ll is no single source that points out the problems with this conception. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=48649

Re: [tips] agnotology

2016-04-18 Thread Mike Palij
ase epidemiology. The Yale journal of biology and medicine, 63(1), 29. So, is it the spreading of ignorance, the exploitation of uncertainty, using spin to persuade people that the facts are now what they are (listen to the current presidential candidates positions and promises), or all of the abo

[tips] In North Carolina Which Bathroom Are Hermaphrodites Supposed to Use?

2016-04-15 Thread Mike Palij
heir stalls? I mean, if there are doors, how does one know what is going on the stall (e.g., snorting cocaine, taking a nap, eating a piece of pie, etc.)? So, what's the point? If NC can't afford doors on their bathroom stalls, they've got bigger problems than having transgender people in the "wro

re: [tips] Hope College and Sexual Orientation

2016-04-15 Thread Mike Palij
s. Like I said, religion is a funny business. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Galatians 3:28 would also be used to argue for more rights for women. I think we've seen how well that has worked out. On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 08:03:38 -0700, Jim Clark wrote: Hi Interesting tensio

[tips] The Day Lincoln Got Shot

2016-04-14 Thread Mike Palij
ack in 1865 (it may call forth memories in some of the older Tipsters ;-): http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0414.html#article -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: htt

[tips] Bernie Sanders in Washington Square Park

2016-04-13 Thread Mike Palij
in the big city! ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=48510 or send a blank email to leave-48510

RE: [tips] Would Your Students Accept A Coomeercial During A Lecture If It Froze Tuition Costs?

2016-04-11 Thread Mike Palij
nd Nascar drivers do? Most students already wear clearly branded clothes for nothing. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Would you wear a "Go Daddy" patch on your shirt if it came with a 3% yearly raise in salary? -Original Message- On Monday, April 11,

[tips] Would Your Students Accept A Coomeercial During A Lecture If It Froze Tuition Costs?

2016-04-11 Thread Mike Palij
, and instructors get a break from lecturing in the middle of a class. I'm sure that some professors might ask what about their reaction to such a thing but, really, why would the administration starting caring about that now? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently

Re: [tips] scripts

2016-04-06 Thread Mike Palij
ntions of script on found on the following pages: https://books.google.com/books?id=rycoaGg5H_IC=%22Sexual+Conduct%3A+The+Social+Sources+of+Human+Sexuality%22=script#v=snippet=script=false So, which concept of "script" are we talking about? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.e

[tips] The Killer of Kitty Genovese Dies in Prison

2016-04-05 Thread Mike Palij
ling that if there were one, there would be comments especially from some in the psychological community. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/

RE: [tips] Which Candidate Are Your Students Supporting, or The Failure of Teaching Critical Thinking Part 591

2016-04-04 Thread Mike Palij
ipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Austen_House And the website for the museum there: http://aliceausten.org/ For some of Alice's photographs, see: http://aliceausten.org/collection/ -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Monday, April 04, 2016 8:39 AM, Mike Palij wrote: An interesting little article at

[tips] Which Candidate Are Your Students Supporting, or The Failure of Teaching Critical Thinking Part 591

2016-04-04 Thread Mike Palij
=0_73240544d8-7fae534b2c-895597 It is unclear whether the students presented in the article are in the college of Arts & Sciences or the Stern School of Business but I think neither would be eager to claim them. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to

re: [tips] Latest on replication?

2016-03-04 Thread Mike Palij
s is too much to ask, I'm sure Gilbert would say "Don't worry, be happy". -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70

re: [tips] Reporting CI for correlations

2016-03-02 Thread Mike Palij
n to doing "mindful statistics", that is, not relying on statistical rituals to guide one's statistical analysis. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=

[tips] So Which Tipsters Voted For Trump?

2016-03-02 Thread Mike Palij
. The words New Yorkers used to describe such people, unfortunately, are not allowed in a forum such as this (but if yogi watched the TV series "Deadwood" you'd have some idea). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-a

Re: [tips] bottom up processing in humans

2016-02-09 Thread Mike Palij
th respect to Holt's famous students, over on the Neurotree website (intellectual genealogy), Holt also has Harold Schlosberg (perhaps best known for the text "Experimental Psychology" by Woodworth & Schlosberg and someone named Floyd Henry Allport who had Gordon Allport as a student.

Re: [tips] bottom up processing in humans

2016-02-09 Thread Mike Palij
d the following link should/might lead one to the appropriate section of the book: https://books.google.com/books?id=vil6AgAAQBAJ=gibson#v=snippet=gibson=false -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscri

RE:[tips] bottom up processing in humans

2016-02-08 Thread Mike Palij
ld and define the shap of objects therein or can be derived through training the neural network for objects (but this would take much longer than activating built-in geons which would confer an evolutionary advantage). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently

[tips] Have Scientists Become Gutless Wonders?

2016-02-02 Thread Mike Palij
EScJ=en I think it was Sartre who said that one should avoid places that would make one do evil -- has a scientific career become one of those places? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscri

re: [tips] Zika virus and microcephaly

2016-02-01 Thread Mike Palij
y because if there really is a causal relationship, people need to change their behavior and other areas of research (e.g., Zika vaccines) need to be started immediately. So, ultimately, the question becomes "how much of a gambler is one?" In the face of uncertainty, how risky is one willin

RE:[tips] signal detection and ROC curves

2016-01-30 Thread Mike Palij
aw). The scene from the movie "Constantine" comes to mind where John Constantine attends to his dying Kramer (the angel Gabriel has murdered him) and Kramer says "It's not like it says in the books." which Constantine repeats in sorrow. I believe that now we have officially reached

re: [tips] signal detection and ROC curves

2016-01-29 Thread Mike Palij
essments with signal detection theory. Annual review of psychology, 50(1), 215-241. HTH. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.6

Re: [tips] signal detection and ROC curves

2016-01-29 Thread Mike Palij
se to the evaluation of evidence, an internal process. This then raises the question of whether SDT is correctly specified or even the correct model (perhaps Luce's choice axioms provide a better description). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed

RE: [tips] signal detection and ROC curves

2016-01-29 Thread Mike Palij
st is, see the Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitivity_and_specificity This entry eventually leads to d-prime but go to the Wikipedia entry on ROC curves for alternative measures; including AuC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receiver_operating_characteristic#Area_under_the_curve This

[tips] Marvin Minsky (RIP)

2016-01-28 Thread Mike Palij
Marvin Minsky died last Sunday and a number of obituaries have appeared. Here is one from the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/business/marvin-minsky-pioneer-in-artificial-intelligence-dies-at-88.html?nlid=389166=recpb&_r=0 -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu ---

[tips] Showing Why Conspiracy Should Fail, But Who Needs Math When You Really, Really Believe?

2016-01-27 Thread Mike Palij
in the U.S. Congress who don't believe in climate change or evolution. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips

[tips] Hey Pal, Can You Spare A Syllabus?

2016-01-24 Thread Mike Palij
ch it, say, for the most often used texts/readings, either overall or by discipline. The list for psychology can be accessed here: http://explorer.opensyllabusproject.org/ William James' "Principles of Psychology" ranks 48th (probably not with a bullet). -Mike Palij New York Uni

[tips] The New "New" "Cognitive Therapy" or How I Gave Up Positive Psychology To Live A More Productive/Realistic Life

2016-01-16 Thread Mike Palij
when it is warranted by the facts. And so on. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. I think it helps if you have read Robert Heinlein's "A Stranger in a Strange Land" -- it makes the article easier to grok. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com.

Re: [tips] The New "New" "Cognitive Therapy" or How I Gave Up Positive Psychology To Live A More Productive/Realistic Life

2016-01-16 Thread Mike Palij
ion would be everybody but given the select nature of the participants, if this works it may work for only a limited group of people. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Follow your bliss if you want to end up making bad decisions. On Jan 16, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Mike Palij wrote: Oka

re: [tips] Reason for publishing old data

2016-01-14 Thread Mike Palij
er, I don't someone else taking the text and incorporating it into a for-profit publication without my permission). Take care. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 02:24:14 -0800, Dap Louw wrote: Mike asked a valid question: "WHY one wants to publish old research d

[tips] The National Academies Press

2016-01-13 Thread Mike Palij
ns cover many different topics and a number of them are relevant to psychology and, more generally, the conduct of scientific research. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: htt

RE: [tips] Old but still useful?

2016-01-13 Thread Mike Palij
se" -- don't be surprised if people are not convinced by this argument). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 09:23:47 -0800, Miguel Roig wrote: Dap, you raise a very interesting question and I look forward to others' opinions. I suppose that whether the data are

re: [tips] When teamwork doesn't work for women

2016-01-11 Thread Mike Palij
a grad student needing a dissertation topic? ;-) As interesting as this research appears to be, especially as presented in the NY Times article, it might be another example of premature communication. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-a

[tips] Psychologists Muses About Leaving Academic Psychology for Popular Writing and Gets Willim James Wrong Among Other Things

2016-01-11 Thread Mike Palij
s mention that she has a new book coming out which might explain why she wrote the NY Times article (gotta publicize) and the use of topic, that is, scientific writing/thinking and popular writing/thinking. But don't take my word for this, read her article and reach your conclusions. -Mike

Re: [tips] Their wombs are alive with the sound of music

2016-01-09 Thread Mike Palij
s: Hopson, J. L. (1998). Fetal psychology. Psychology Today, 31(5), 44. A web-based version is available here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199809/fetal-psychology I suspect that there are updated reviews in, uh, more legitimate sources but one would have to track these down. -Mi

Re: [tips] Science medalists?

2016-01-06 Thread Mike Palij
On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:25:42 -0800, Kenneth Steele wrote: On Jan 6, 2016, at 5:29 PM, Mike Palij wrote: (2) However, in spite of BSS not being a valid category until 1980, the list of NMS laureates in the list linked to below has as its first entry in this category as Neal Miller in 1964

Re: [tips] Science medalists?

2016-01-06 Thread Mike Palij
th worked at the NYU; see: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NYU_School_of_Medicine_people#Notable_people ) . Ignore guys like Agatston who created the "South Beach Diet". -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu Rick Froman wrote: Behavioral Science is one o

re: [tips] Subcortical intelligence: caudate volume predicts IQ in healthy adults. - PubMed - NCBI

2016-01-03 Thread Mike Palij
why. Long story short, there is a lot more going on here than a focus on p-values. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287f

re: [tips] Trump responds to Jim Clark

2016-01-03 Thread Mike Palij
u'll pay for your nephew's medical bills and then take it back. Sure, you ultimately made it right but, damn!, it took some kind of balls to do that to a kid and his family. Yeah, you're just the man the U.S. needs as President. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Do you think

[tips] Happy Freakin' New Year!

2015-12-31 Thread Mike Palij
up one's spirit any time but it seems most appropriate now when we face a new year; see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsSALaDJuN4 The performance is both primitive (in the focus on a single dancer surrounded by other dancers) and modern (in its minimalism). Try it, you might like it. Mike Palij N

[tips] Robert Spitzer Has Died

2015-12-27 Thread Mike Palij
a psychological journal or two). The NYT obit can be accessed here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/us/robert-spitzer-psychiatrist-who-set-rigorous-standards-for-diagnosis-dies-at-83.html?emc=edit_th_20151227=todaysheadlines=389166&_r=0 -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are curre

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