On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello Listfriends,
>
> Greetings from the land of Hyper-employment!
>
> Some more questions that my students are asking and for which I believe I
> need help in providing good answers:
>
> 1)Is there any scientific basis for the belief that dogs and cats can sense
> an earthquake a few seconds before humans do? (I know this is a
> culture-specific, "Califoriacentric" question, but I would appreciate your
> indulgence anyway ; ). )
>
> 2) Someone may have to direct me to the archives on this one - is it known
> exactly how the stimulant drugs improve concentration for ADD sufferers?
>
> 3) Does any one know of a case similar to Oliver Sacks' "Virgil" but
> involving the restoration of hearing that was lost congenitally or at an
> early age? Wouldn't that person also have trouble learning to hear, much as
> Virgil had a great deal of trouble learning to see?
>
> Thanks as always for your kind and expert help.
>
> Nancy Melucci
> East Los Angeles College et alia.
>
Seems as if by the time students begin researching the answers to these
questions,the lights and power will go off in California.
Michael Sylvester
