On 12 Jun 2009 at 9:20, Rick Froman wrote: > What I found interesting in Stephen's > rapid response was that he "declared no competing interests". Everyone has > some competing interests. I expected more creativity from Stephen on that > score.
OK, the rule of three was made for people like me, who can't stop posting on a rainy day. Rick's right. I should have declared an interest such as "flunked TYM test and desperate to discount it". In my defense, I have to say I once did declare an interest on BMJ as "an unhealthy compulsion to correct misattributions". I'll try harder next time. Apropos of this thread, my rainy-day reading has taken me to Nature Medicine where coincidentally, there's a review of a new book titled "Can't remember what I forgot". Here's the start of the review: -------------------- Worried about your memory? Howard Eichenbaum Am I beginning to lose my memory? Will I get Alzheimer's disease? These are questions Sue Halpern worries about in Can't Remember What I Forgot. She shares this anxiety with many members of the baby boomer generation, educated nonscientists who would like to visit the luminaries of memory research and ask these questions. ------------------------- Now doesn't it sound as though the TYM test (which stands for "Test Your Memory", BTW) was made for such people? Let's hope they don't find it. Despite a demand for money, the whole review appears to be free at http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v15/n6/full/nm0609-599.html although you'll probably have to register. > I would list some of them as being an over-educated Canadian > citizen (who relishes in zinging the USA whenever possible) I love and admire the You Ess Eh. No, really I do. It's just that it's the best of countries and the worst of countries simultaneously. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
