Two examples in the news: 1) A New York Times report on dogs which can allegedly detect epileptic seizures up to 1/2 hr before the person has them, and take "protective" action.
See: Seizure-Alert Dogs May Get Seeing-Eye Status in Florida (March 29/02) at http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/national/29GUID.html?ex=1018417756&ei=1&en=6fa8c6affcc95781 2) An Ottawa high school student was suspended for two days because a police dog singled out his jacket for sniffing. No drugs were found, but pot-sniffing dogs never lie, do they? Although the story was widely reported, I didn't see a single caution that a dog's testimony might be something less than 100% accurate (can detect on clothing "for months", police claim) At least the NY Times had the grace to report that some doubted the claim about epilepsy-predicting dogs. Student suspended because his coat smelled like pot CBC News, March 28/02 http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/03/27/pot_coat020327 Did April Fool's come early this year? -Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
