[tips] On This Day: The Scopes "Monkey Trial" Ends And Science Loses

2014-07-21 Thread Mike Palij
kes for a good story -- because one's goal is to write a "truthful/factual" story which often fails the criteria that makes for whatever passes as contemporary standards of good story telling, stuff like blazing guns, explosions, and cars that turn into alien robots, etc.). So, anyway, som

[tips] For Haters Of Neuroscience...

2014-07-12 Thread Mike Palij
he basic questions right; see: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/12/opinion/the-trouble-with-brain-science.html?emc=edit_th_20140712&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=389166&_r=0 NOTE: No dead salmon were involved. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips

RE:[tips] watch it and weep

2014-07-11 Thread Mike Palij
Besson was being ironic in having Scarlett Johansson as the actor for the character with the great brain/mind power since she couldn't get into NYU. Here's an article the describes some of circumstances involved: http://www.celebuzz.com/2013-09-30/how-you-may-actually-be-smarter-than-scar

[tips] Got Nothing Better To Do?

2014-07-11 Thread Mike Palij
ford dictionary or a Wikipedia style website that would provide more information and context. By the way, given that this is late on Friday and there's been no posts on Tips since Monday, I feel only slightly guilty about this. At least it indicates that the list is still alive. Sort of...

re: [tips] FW: Facebook Emotional Contagion Article

2014-07-07 Thread Mike Palij
about corporate behavior: "We should take off and nuke it from space. It's the only way to be sure." ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.

[tips] Noceba: How Negative Expectations Undermine Treatment Effects

2014-07-07 Thread Mike Palij
degree of efficacy of their treatment. Anyway, this article may be relevant to a number of classes, from health psychology to psychology of language (on the nature of conversations) to courses involving neuroscience. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are

[tips] Now If Only We Could Get The U.S. Media Companies To Do The Same

2014-07-04 Thread Mike Palij
See: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10944629/BBC-staff-told-to-stop-inviting-cranks-on-to-science-programmes.html -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu

[tips] Happy Independence Day! And The Academic Importance Of Puncuation

2014-07-04 Thread Mike Palij
enough, perhaps you can bring them back to life just like you did with Tinkerbell. Remember, at heart, you're all Yankees fans because you have to have someone to love or hate (the movie "Major League" wouldn't work as well if the Cleveland Indians played anyone else). Unles

[tips] One Man's Explanation On Why He Gave Up on Teaching

2014-07-01 Thread Mike Palij
eaching I'm capable of -- what you are doing interferes with that."). Still, I teach. But I can understand why someone would stop and follow other, more satisfying endeavors. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To uns

RE: [tips] Facebook tinkered with users' feeds for a massive psychology experiment * Newswire * The A.V. Club

2014-06-30 Thread Mike Palij
in O Brother, Where Art Thou? Pete: You miserable little snake! You stole from my kin! Everett: Who was fixin' to betray us. Pete: You didn't know that at the time. Everett: So I borrowed it until I did know. Pete: That don't make no sense! Everett: Pete, it's a fool that loo

[tips] The Difference An Education And Environment Make

2014-06-29 Thread Mike Palij
e of additional variables, such as amount of federal government spending, might produce reasonable causal models). I'll leave the political implications (some of which are mentioned in the articles) to others. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu . --- You are curre

[tips] Re: [tips] Facebook tinkered with users' feeds for a massive psychology experiment · Newswire · The A.V. Club

2014-06-28 Thread Mike Palij
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788.full With N= 689,003, I wonder if they did a power analysis? ;-) For all Facebook users (I'm not one), are you worried about this published study or are you more worried about he studies that they haven't published? -Mike Palij New York Universi

[tips] Whose Research Is Poop?

2014-06-25 Thread Mike Palij
t was a cooking site -- at least one hopes so). For some reason, I have a mental image of a group of Neanderthals sitting around a fire and eating a stew of legumes comparable to a scene from Mel Brooks "Blazing Saddles". One wonders if Neanderthals enjoyed fart jokes. ;-) -Mike Palij

re: [tips] Spot the confounds

2014-06-23 Thread Mike Palij
et triplets, we can have three conditions: (1) chewing gum (2) neutral (no facial movement) (2) different emotional expression Anybody want to write a grant proposal? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To

RE: [tips] What Pose Would You Like At Your Funeral?

2014-06-22 Thread Mike Palij
/7709/854/1600/28871.0.jpg and http://mod2museumexperience.blogspot.com/ For more pictures of Hanson's sculptors, see: http://www.all-art.org/art_20th_century/Hanson1.html -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- Original Message -- On Sun, 22 Jun 2014 04:58:23 -0700, Miguel Roig wrote: Funny,

[tips] Religious Wars: Ukrainian Style

2014-06-22 Thread Mike Palij
-religion-politics in a part of the world where the U.S. may have a hand in a civil war. Seems like a fair amount of that is going on these days. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frost

[tips] What Pose Would You Like At Your Funeral?

2014-06-22 Thread Mike Palij
r well-know person has the problem of using their public or private persona. Looks like preparing for death is going to become more complicated. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Be sure to read the comments. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To

[tips] How Much Is Your School Paying For Its Journals?

2014-06-19 Thread Mike Palij
rtain journals alive. However, it may be to an institution's advantage to "pick and choose" which journals it really wants, given its budget. As I've mentioned above, a close reading of the article is warranted. One conclusion that might be reached is that there should b

[tips] Author of "Flowers for Algernon" Has Died

2014-06-18 Thread Mike Palij
helps to provide a unique perspective on the meaning of intelligence. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&

re: [tips] 10 Scientific Ideas That Scientists Wish You Would Stop Misusing

2014-06-17 Thread Mike Palij
thinking that the "p" in "p-word" refers to something else (i.e., a part of the human anatomy and I guess males and females may use different parts for "p" though I have never polled on the subject ;-). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu -

[tips] If You Love Your Pets, You're Safe In These States

2014-06-16 Thread Mike Palij
;s penal code where one can read the law. This leads to an obvious question: If you teach a course on human sexuality, do you cover bestiality? If so, do you do so briefly or go into some depth? If you teach in one of the states listed above, do you identify that bestiality is legal there

Re: [tips] Sample sizes

2014-06-15 Thread Mike Palij
istics. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Cumming, G. (2013). Understanding the new statistics: Effect sizes, confidence intervals, and meta-analysis. Routledge. Lehmann, E. L. (2011). Fisher, Neyman, and the creation of classical statistics. Springer. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.ed

[tips] Did the Great Recession Cause 10,000 Suicides Worldwide?

2014-06-12 Thread Mike Palij
For the NYC suicide statistics, see: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/ip/ip-suicides-in-new-york-city.pdf So, is there strong evidence that the Great Recession increased the number of suicides worldwide or, because of the difficulty in getting reliable and valid data from everywhere, mor

[tips] Beat The Clock: The MERS Case

2014-06-11 Thread Mike Palij
://www.moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/PressReleases/Pages/mediastatement-2014-06-03-001.aspx ). Make sure you get your flu shots this year. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?

[tips] Pierre Riviere Vs. Anders Breivik

2014-06-10 Thread Mike Palij
we will keep him on ice while we work out how to come up a consensus opinion about what is wrong with him (if anything) and what is the most appropriate course of action. Psychiatrists and clinical psychologists (using the nifty tools we're developed in neuroscience and cognitive science) wi

re: [tips] Random Thought: "fulness" v. "lessness"

2014-06-09 Thread Mike Palij
quite beneficial to a relationship -- not everything another person says or does is worthy of attention). Some very bad people are "one" with the actions they engage in with others and I doubt that anyone would call what they do "love". DeBardeleben is a case in point. -Mike Palij N

re: [tips] Making Goals Public Is Detrimental

2014-06-07 Thread Mike Palij
o kind of slack off a bit. Does that ring a bell with anyone? I could have sworn I bookmarked it, but now I can't find it. Is this it: http://pss.sagepub.com/content/20/5/612.abstract and www.psych.nyu.edu/gollwitzer/09_Gollwitzer_Sheeran_Seifert_Michalski_When_Intentions_.pdf -Mike Palij N

re: [tips] post hoc power vs. confidence intervals (was: Correlation vs.Causation: Is Skipping Breakfast Bad For Weight Control?)

2014-06-06 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 08:11:31 -0700, David Epstein wrote: On Fri, 6 Jun 2014, Mike Palij went: if one does retrospective power analysis and finds that for the sample sizes used, there is low levels of power, then should request that a new study with a larger sample size be used I used to use

[tips] Correlation vs. Causation: Is Skipping Breakfast Bad For Weight Control?

2014-06-06 Thread Mike Palij
on that any effect is trivially small). I'm sure others will come up with other issues for this article. Let the "religious wars" begin! ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http:/

RE: [tips] Roids Might Cause Autism

2014-06-05 Thread Mike Palij
appler known for his pumped up musculature rather than his skills in the ring)? Or have you not come across these phrases? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Perhaps this will establish the alternate meaning of roids in those with tush on their minds: http://www.southparkstudios.com/c

[tips] Roids Might Cause Autism

2014-06-04 Thread Mike Palij
.view/articleNo/40131/title/Autism-Hormone-Link-Found/ The original article was published in the journal "Molecular Psychiatry" and available for free at: http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/mp201448a.html -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are curren

[tips] Predicting Your Future: What Is The Probability Of You Becoming A PI?

2014-06-03 Thread Mike Palij
h the palm of your hand and say "Damn! I could have been a PI!". But don't waste too much time over what might have been. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.e

Re: [tips] Hall Beck is being bullied

2014-06-02 Thread Mike Palij
On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:58:30 -0700, Christopher Green wrote: On Jun 2, 2014, at 7:21 PM, "Mike Palij" wrote: At the risk of someone invoking Godwin's Law, I won't make a comment involving Eva Braun. ;-) However, I don't think that one can downplay the issue of whet

Re: [tips] Hall Beck is being bullied

2014-06-02 Thread Mike Palij
sometimes not a pretty thing, whether the power is a criminal president or a professor who has to be right all of the time or the sole source of wisdom and knowledge. I've seen the latter, even worked for some of them, and it makes for a very difficult situation unless one is willing to sub

re: [tips] Hall Beck is being bullied

2014-06-02 Thread Mike Palij
e school and didn't appreciate the sentiment; a faculty member at my institution who was a Chomsky fan had the same attitude towards my project and I was particularly gleeful when he didn't get tenure). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu ---

Re: [tips] Is Thomas Piketty Being Bullied?

2014-05-31 Thread Mike Palij
that is consistent with a history of such arguments; see: http://prospect.org/article/rich-right-and-facts-deconstructing-income-distribution-debate Finally, if one thinks that Piketty's treatment shouldn't be considered bullying because it trivializes real bullying, does this also hold for t

[tips] Is Thomas Piketty Being Bullied?

2014-05-31 Thread Mike Palij
014, as indicated in the following tweet: Squawk Box ‏@SquawkCNBC May 30 French Economist Thomas Piketty will join @JoeSquawk, @BeckyQuick & @andrewrsorkin at 8am ET on Monday morning #dontmissTV https://twitter.com/search?q=%23dontmissTV&src=hash Do the researchers whose r

RE: [tips] Replicating psychological science: A case of bullying?

2014-05-29 Thread Mike Palij
OTE: the tweet where Dan Gilbert says this appears to be no longer available. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu -Original Message- On Sunday, May 25, 2014 7:19 PM, Mike Palij wrote: On Sun, 25 May 2014 14:59:15 -0700, Miguel Roig wrote: So how do you all feel about attempts at rep

[tips] Your Brain On Porn

2014-05-28 Thread Mike Palij
psychiatry.2014.93. It is unclear whether your brain on porn is a good thing or a bad thing, neuroscientifically speaking, but I'm sure that everyone will have their own opinion about the matter. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips a

[tips] Does Your Brain Have A High Metabolism, Or: Why You Shouldn't Armwrestle Chimps

2014-05-28 Thread Mike Palij
se their muscles are more powerful than human muscles but if you have to, out think them (think like James T. Kirk when he took the Kobayashi Maru test; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru ). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips a

RE: [tips] Replicating psychological science: A case of bullying?

2014-05-26 Thread Mike Palij
which their data come from and can that data actually tell them what they want to know? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu -- Original Message -- On Mon, 26 May 2014 09:39:06 -0700, Jim Clark wrote: Hi Thanks to Ken for the link ... perhaps I'm being defensive, b

Re: [tips] Replicating psychological science: A case of bullying?

2014-05-26 Thread Mike Palij
gets the sense that maybe the researchers are trying to avoid a "Gotcha!" moment. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu - Original Message -- On Mon, 26 May 2014 08:06:06 -0700, Ken Steele wrote: I am just back from the APS meeting where I attended the symposi

[tips] The Nueroscience of Punching People

2014-05-26 Thread Mike Palij
;s better |if they start young. In the words of an ancient Chinese proverb, |"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best |time is now." -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. T

re: [tips] Replicating psychological science: A case of bullying?

2014-05-25 Thread Mike Palij
one". Especially for his tweet response "if you were worth talking to, I'd follow you. I don't." -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1309

RE: [tips] Diagnosing pedophilia via fMRI

2014-05-25 Thread Mike Palij
mb, short, left-handed male, then he's probably a pedophile. This implies that there are probably a lot of pedophiles in professional baseball, given how prized southpaws are. Or not. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab

[tips] The Wonders of Neuroscience, Part 2,897

2014-05-23 Thread Mike Palij
rvous and immune systems. Something to think about. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=36874 o

[tips] The Horrors of Neuroscience, Part, 1,354

2014-05-23 Thread Mike Palij
s, it should be noted that she writes a blog on the "Psychology Today" website; see: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-neurochemical-self Have a good chemicals day. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org.

re:[tips] History of Psychology Fun Fact of the Day

2014-05-20 Thread Mike Palij
Why, even I have to admit having made an error once or twice during my long career which I have ascribed to temporary psychotic break with reality. ;-) For those who would like to read Munserberg's book on the web, see: http://www.all-about-forensic-psychology.com/hugo-munsterberg.html

[tips] Some Fish To Fry...

2014-05-20 Thread Mike Palij
And a cannibal at that. See: http://www.livescience.com/45702-fanged-cannibal-lancetfish-north-carolina.html -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. If you're not a fish fan, how about the world's oldest kitty cat? See: http://www.livescience.com/45725-oldest-living-cat-

[tips] Memory Smackdown

2014-05-20 Thread Mike Palij
011/02/20/magazine/mind-secrets.html?action=click&module=Search®ion=searchResults&mabReward=relbias%3Aw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Fsitesearch%2F%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSearchSubmit%26contentCollection%3DHomepage%26t%3Dqry716%

[tips] Hey! Nice DNA Ya Got There!

2014-05-19 Thread Mike Palij
VmIa7VxuX&sig=9LM8N2-MqUMZXMuBlYX2OQVx9ts&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hJB6U6zRKujjsASp1oDACw&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22white%20trash%20jokes%22%20inbreeding%20redneck&f=false -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips

[tips] New Neurons = Lost Memories?

2014-05-18 Thread Mike Palij
one else a little surprised at how this retracted article is presented on this website? If one misses the first word in the title, one would be unaware that it was retracted. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscri

[tips] Exercise Can Make You Forget, Uh,.....

2014-05-09 Thread Mike Palij
article is referenced at the end of the article. It is: K. G. Akers et al., "Hippocampal neurogenesis regulates forgetting during adulthood and infancy," Science, 344:598-602, 2014. I am now going to go and sit on the couch and watch TV so I can remember what I just wrote later. -Mike

re: [tips] Help with quotation

2014-05-09 Thread Mike Palij
;f=false Fourth, where did *YOU* get this quote from? Are you sure you are remembering it accurately? How do you know that whoever told you or source you read didn't prank you like Margaret Mead was? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as:

re: [tips] Best countries for moms

2014-05-07 Thread Mike Palij
/State_of_the_Worlds_Mothers.htm Scroll down on the second website to get to the interactive map that shows which countries were considered best or worst from 2000 to 2014. I'll leave it to the Multicultural dude to explain the worst countries. NOTE: there is a legit tie in bottom 10 countries.

[tips] Updating Phineas Gage

2014-05-07 Thread Mike Palij
Now, if we could only get the damned textbooks to stop providing misleading stories. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. The new book is by Sam Kean and is titled "The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons". See: http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Dueling-Neurosurgeons-Revealed-Recovery

Re: [tips] Want To Make Your Food Tastier? Pay More For It!

2014-05-04 Thread Mike Palij
lications for developmental psychologists as well as for educators |and parents. Draw your own conclusions. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg

RE: [tips] Want To Make Your Food Tastier? Pay More For It!

2014-05-04 Thread Mike Palij
On Sun, 04 May 2014 07:08:34 -0700 Hi From: Mike Palij However, in the paragraph before the above quote, it is said: |Participants, who ate from the lesser priced buffet, |did not enjoy the meal much and reported frequent |feelings of overeating and guilt. This sentence seems to suggests

[tips] Want To Make Your Food Tastier? Pay More For It!

2014-05-04 Thread Mike Palij
he sources do not make clear whether the diners were regulars or first-timers at the Italian restaurant where the study was held. No indication if wine was also made available and, if so, whether the two groups differed in their levels of consumption (possibly to drown feeling of guilt). -Mik

Re: [tips] Chitlin' test

2014-05-02 Thread Mike Palij
an will get the email past the spam filters. The B*TCH-100 was presented at an APA meeting and the paper is in the ERIC database. You can access a PDF of it here: http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED070799 In the meantime, I keep working on the MOFO intelligence text. ;-) -Mike Palij New York Univers

[tips] When Your College Admin Has No Sense of Humor

2014-04-29 Thread Mike Palij
oehner? I guess it depends upon what part of the country one comes from. Any one remember how W. C. Fields said his character's name was pronounced in the movie "The Bank Dick"? Try it yourself: Egbert Sousé. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. For a brief listing

Re: [tips] What do professors do all day?

2014-04-24 Thread Mike Palij
ound and she chased away some pigeons, she said as they flew away "F'n pigeons!"). In closing, I have a feeling I know someone who is going to get a DVD of "Team America" for Christmas. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Apr 24, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Stuart McKelvi

[tips] Dude! We Were All Women Once!?!

2014-04-24 Thread Mike Palij
ary); http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v508/n7497/full/nature13151.html Does this mean they have to re-write the Bible and say that God took a rib from Eve and created Adam? The mind boggles! Does this mean we really do have to pay women the same salary as men? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.ed

RE:[tips] Facilitated communication

2014-04-24 Thread Mike Palij
rwhelming power and fond of saying "Are you feeling lucky?" in class? 1/2 :-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu Original Message - Subject: RE: Facilitated communication From: "Lilienfeld, Scott O" Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:30:16

[tips] Guess Who Has The Best Jobs?

2014-04-19 Thread Mike Palij
Tenured faculty already know. See: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/04/19/cnbc-best-and-worst-jobs-of-2014/7881247/ Just be glad you're not a lumberjack (even if you're okay). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tip

RE: [tips] IQ g and SATs

2014-04-19 Thread Mike Palij
o drop out of school, as that will >(in >his mind) increase their odds of becoming a billionaire or millionaire? I >think >I'll forgo that strategy, reluctantly putting at risk my students' chances of >becoming wealthy. See: http://ethanbeute.com/wordpress/forbe

re: [tips] IQ g and SATs

2014-04-19 Thread Mike Palij
ic success because they are, well, academics. Academic success clearly is not needed to become fabulously wealthy (which in turn makes one very powerful in social, political, and economic terms -- "money makes the world turn round"). The politically influential Koch brother both have masters

Re: [tips] Are Psychopaths' Brains Different From Nonpsychopaths?

2014-04-18 Thread Mike Palij
what I learned during the trial, but perhaps more so after the trial when I and other jurors learned about the other murders the defendant had been convicted of. There is no escaping it (unless, of course, one never does jury duty and never reads about court cases). -Mike Palij New York University

[tips] Are Psychopaths' Brains Different From Nonpsychopaths?

2014-04-18 Thread Mike Palij
treatment but is any treatment really possible? If effective treatments for psychopathy can be developed, does it make more sense for putting them in prison for life for crimes like murder? If no effective treatments can be found, does it make more sense to execute them? Or should one be skeptica

[tips] Snake And Centipede Replay Scene from "Alien"

2014-04-18 Thread Mike Palij
ter can be downloaded here: http://ecol-mne.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Arsovski-et-al.pdf Nice pix and the title of the letter has an Orwellian reference (from "Animal Farm"). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org.

Re: [tips] Males Have [Insert Name] And Females Have [Insert Name] Outer Reproductive Organs

2014-04-17 Thread Mike Palij
e opposite of what's expected, but if you're talking about "outer" organs, it's "penis" and "vulva." Well, my main concern when writing the subject line and content was avoiding any word that might cause the message to be blocked. :-) -Mike Pal

[tips] Males Have [Insert Name] And Females Have [Insert Name] Outer Reproductive Organs

2014-04-17 Thread Mike Palij
/abstract/S0960-9822%2814%2900314-5 Warning: Graphic image of bug-on-bug action -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&am

Re: [tips] A Citation Problem

2014-04-15 Thread Mike Palij
does it seem to check citations against Web of Science or Google Scholar, instead it depends upon member verifying that they have cited an article (which can be a real problem for people who can't be bothered to do so or who have shuffled off this mortal coil). Somebody should do some research

Re: [tips] A Citation Problem

2014-04-15 Thread Mike Palij
version" date. The latter is irrelevant. A paper published in 1996 but its electronic version was not available until 2010 by the publisher will still be cited as having a 1996 publication date not a 2010 date. However, on research social media websites that list publications, this article may b

[tips] A Citation Problem

2014-04-15 Thread Mike Palij
availability? I don't see the point. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=36166 or send a blank emai

[tips] So, Is Anyone Attending the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting in Boston?

2014-04-12 Thread Mike Palij
o "not mind" all of the tests |and studies, saying simply, "I figure what's wrong about me |helps you help others." Sounds nice. I'm sure that someone had to go to this meeting, if for no other reason than to collect more material on debunking neuroscience res

Re: [tips] The brain & education, in 1898

2014-04-10 Thread Mike Palij
and apparently in a few other schools (Thorndike at Teachers College at Columbia). The role of psychological labs in programs of pedagogy/education at the beginning of the 1900s is something I'll be looking into. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On 2014-04-10, at 1:49 PM, Mike Palij

re: [tips] The brain & education, in 1898

2014-04-10 Thread Mike Palij
, & Spillmann, L. (1993). The rise and fall of Hugo Münsterberg. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 29(4), 322-338. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http

Re: [tips] How Intelligent is IQ

2014-04-09 Thread Mike Palij
hey are all derived from Roman Catholicism. The different varieties of Catholics and Christians are like specific abilities, representing different components that operate in a common system. So, from this perspective, a "g" enthusiast would focus on the importance of Roman Catholicism as dr

RE: [tips] How Intelligent is IQ

2014-04-09 Thread Mike Palij
nterview with Flynn in the latest Skeptic magazine. Interesting interview but it leaves one wondering why anybody let the Irish immigrate to their country. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscr

Re: [tips] How Intelligent is IQ? - Neuroskeptic | DiscoverMagazine.com

2014-04-08 Thread Mike Palij
cars to win races. How useful is that as a concept? NOTE: assuming "g" in this case does not require one to know anything about automotive engineering, just how well cars perform. Now change cars to people and races to tests. "g" is the general ability of people to do well on te

[tips] How Intelligent is IQ? - Neuroskeptic | DiscoverMagazine.com

2014-04-08 Thread Mike Palij
example: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02643294.2011.557231#.U0Q_WKLeRfQ Really, does anyone seriously entertain "g" as a theoretical construct and not a by-product of higher-order factor analysis? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscrib

[tips] What Does The SAT Predict?

2014-03-30 Thread Mike Palij
/03/30/sunday-review/how-businesses-use-your-sats.html?emc=edit_th_20140330&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=389166&_r=0 Make sure you read to the end where the explanation is given as to why Google didn't find a correlation (hint: restriction of range may play a role). -Mike Palij New

Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-29 Thread Mike Palij
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:32:34 -0700, Christopher Green wrote: On Mar 29, 2014, at 9:02 AM, "Mike Palij" wrote: But one has to look on the bright side of this situation: the student could have attempted a replication of one of Bem's PSI "experiments" and had a successfu

Re:[tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-29 Thread Mike Palij
given to them. But one has to look on the bright side of this situation: the student could have attempted a replication of one of Bem's PSI "experiments" and had a successful replication. Who would wants to explain that "retroactive causation" doesn't really exist and

[tips] Disloyal Dolphins

2014-03-27 Thread Mike Palij
dogs. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=35575 or send a blank emai

[tips] How Was EPA?

2014-03-18 Thread Mike Palij
news/gossip? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=35331 or send a blank email to

[tips] The Web Turns 25 Years Old

2014-03-12 Thread Mike Palij
, really intellectual, and (b) do something really frivolous, somewhat nasty, and a real waste of time. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325a

[tips] A Father And A Son

2014-03-10 Thread Mike Palij
otings occurred. Perhaps the simplest explanation is "mistakes were made". -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&a

Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics

2014-03-01 Thread Mike Palij
alot. And we're not really that serious about this topic anyway, right? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. A Zen koan to consider: Are psychologists at Bible colleges as liberal as psychologists at other colleges? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch

[tips] re: [tips] Freud's Life and Legacy, in a Comic | Brain Pickings

2014-02-27 Thread Mike Palij
CUS OF SPIRAL AFTEREFFECT FREUD, SL AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 1964 18 0.35 FETISHISM Freud, Sigm. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS 1928 18 0.21 -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently su

Re: [tips] Publishers withdraw more than 120 gibberish papers : Nature News & Comment

2014-02-26 Thread Mike Palij
On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:38:59 -0800, Christopher Green wrote: On 2014-02-25, at 4:33 PM, Mike Palij wrote: Chris, there is one major difficulty with this: most conferences do not publish the papers presented at them, usually just the abstracts. In psychology, if I am not mistaken, APA stopped

Re: [tips] Publishers withdraw more than 120 gibberish papers : Nature News & Comment

2014-02-25 Thread Mike Palij
(wittingly or unwittingly)? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu - Original Message - On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:13:52 -0500 (EST), Christopher Green wrote: Just how bad is the problem of fakery in science? It seems that it is very bad. Read this: http://www.nature.com/news/publishe

re: [tips] Tom Friedman

2014-02-23 Thread Mike Palij
d to have a Ph.D. or even a Master's or Bachelor's degree to teach at the college level? Besides, think about how much colleges would save hiring less "credentialed" employees (like the insurance companies do where they direct patients to clinical social workers instead of PhD/PsyD

Re: [tips] Freud and cigars

2014-02-23 Thread Mike Palij
1-173. doi:10.1080/096972502246242 Given that Freud claimed to smoke 20 cigars per day, it seems unlikely that he would stop smoking during his sessions (the rest of the article points out what a powerful addiction smoking was for Freud; other sources make similar notes). -Mike Palij New Yo

re: [tips] Freud and cigars

2014-02-22 Thread Mike Palij
f books, would write on index cards during therapy sessions, splitting his attention between what the "client" was saying and he was writing for his next publication. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu - Original Message - From: "Mike Palij" To: "Teaching

re: [tips] Freud and cigars

2014-02-22 Thread Mike Palij
y of a man with a fear of heights living in such a high place). However, there is some debate aboot who got there first; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehlsteinhaus And remember: sometimes a cigar is just a penis. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed

[tips] Watch A Brush With An Asteroid Tonight

2014-02-17 Thread Mike Palij
flyby-webcast.html Careful, that stuff falling from the sky may turn out not to be snow.;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&

[tips] Is God Sending A Message?

2014-02-17 Thread Mike Palij
, here's a YouTube video of a talk he gave at a little school called Emory U when he was a visiting professor there; see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gf4jN1xoSo The topic is about how the "religious right" came into existence. Remember the past. -Mike Palij New York University m...

Re: [tips] Kitty Genovese: What Is Myth,What Is Truth?

2014-02-16 Thread Mike Palij
nto the subway tracks to help a person who has fallen while other people stay on the platform. Some people help, some don't. Some people care, some don't. Why are some people like that, why are others different? The answers to these questions can be seen as Kitty Genovese's lega

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