RE: [tips] Software for Emeritus Faculty

[nwzabak]

Try lime wire

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From: Wuensch, Karl L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:31 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Software for Emeritus Faculty

Those of you who happen to know whether or not your university
provides emeritus faculty with statistical software (such as Minitab,
SPSS, SAS), please let me know.  I am struggling with this issue at my
institution.  It seems that some vendors do not want to include emeritus
faculty in site licenses (even though the number who would take
advantage of it is probably small).  I would like to remain productive,
in a scholarly sense, after retirement, but would be hard pressed to do
so without access to such software.


Karl W.

Cheers,
 
Karl W.


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[tips] Software for Emeritus Faculty

[Wuensch, Karl L]

Those of you who happen to know whether or not your university
provides emeritus faculty with statistical software (such as Minitab,
SPSS, SAS), please let me know.  I am struggling with this issue at my
institution.  It seems that some vendors do not want to include emeritus
faculty in site licenses (even though the number who would take
advantage of it is probably small).  I would like to remain productive,
in a scholarly sense, after retirement, but would be hard pressed to do
so without access to such software.


Karl W.

Cheers,
 
Karl W.


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RE: [tips] Inquiry

[beth benoit]

What a challenge for all of us who agonize over "little" things like the
wording of our syllabi and how to handle recalcitrant students!  My hat is
off to this woman.  
 
I recently talked to a young man who was in a Business Administration course
at Harvard and had a professor who was legally blind.  He said that this
professor had a great sense of humor.  This professor also said that
answering a question from him would require students to make their responses
very obviously visible.  (They should wave their arms.)  He also made the
point that if they found this process difficult, students should remember
that when they left the auditorium THEY'D be able to see, but HE'D still be
blind.  That killed me.
 
There are so many electronic helpers - clicks for answering and such.  Maybe
some of these would be helpful.
 
I'm going to contact this student to find out any other accommodations he
recalls from his classroom experience.
 
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
New Hampshire 
 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:27 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Inquiry
 



Greetings!
 
I have an inquiry from a student that has me stymied. I have no clue how to
reply. I am hoping that someone on the list might have some relevant
experience. The student will be in a seminar that I teach at UNLV for our
grad students who are teaching introductory psychology for the first time.
She will be teaching two sections of Intro starting in another week. As you
will see below, she has a significant visual impairment and is seeking
advice about how to work around this problem in the classroom. If anyone has
any experience that bears on this quandary, we would greatly appreciate any
advice that you might be able to provide.  
 
***
I was wondering if you might be able to give me some advice on teaching.  I
am legally blind and i am not totally certain how to handle this situation
in the classroom.  I am working with Dr. Ashcraft to try to get a proctor to
help me with exams.  But I was wondering if you might know of anyone who has
taught who could not see very well, and mainly I wanted to let you know
about my situation prior to our class on Thursday.  
I don't think I will have any trouble delivering the material, I am just
more worried about interacting effectively with my students. 
 
I am also uncertain how I should initially address my situation to the
class.  I think it should be addressed in the syllabus, but I don't know how
to word it, and was wondering if you might be able to help me on Thursday
with the wording and placement.

Thanks in advance for your help. 
 
Wayne Weiten
Wayne Weiten, PhD
Psychology Department
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV 89154
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[tips] Inquiry

[Wweiten]

 
Greetings!
 
I have an inquiry from a student that has me stymied. I have no clue how to  
reply. I am hoping that someone on the list might have some relevant 
experience.  The student will be in a seminar that I teach at UNLV for our grad 
students who  are teaching introductory psychology for the first time. She will 
be 
teaching  two sections of Intro starting in another week. As you will see 
below, 
she has a  significant visual impairment and is seeking advice about how to 
work around  this problem in the classroom. If anyone has any experience that 
bears on this  quandary, we would greatly appreciate any advice that you might 
be able to  provide.  
 
***
 
I was wondering if you might be able to give me some advice on  teaching.  I 
am legally blind and i am not totally certain how to  handle this situation in 
the classroom.  I am working with Dr. Ashcraft to  try to get a proctor to 
help me with exams.  But I was wondering if you  might know of anyone who has 
taught who could not see very well, and mainly I  wanted to let you know about 
my situation prior to our class on Thursday.   

I don't think I will have any trouble delivering the material, I am just  
more worried about interacting effectively with my students. 
 
I am also uncertain how I should initially address my situation  to the 
class.  I think it should be addressed in the syllabus, but  I don't know how 
to 
word it, and was wondering if you might be able to  help me on Thursday with 
the 
wording and placement.

Thanks in advance for your help. 


 
Wayne Weiten
Wayne Weiten, PhD
Psychology  Department
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV  89154
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RE: [tips] DimDim and web-based instruction

[Gaft, Sam]

Nicenet.org.
Supported by the Searle Center for teaching and learning at Northwestern 
University.
I have each of my classes signed up to a unique password protected site.
I post all documents in the document folder. There is a link site. A 
communcations link that allows privacy unless the writer specifies everyone.
It does not take attachment but seems to handle rather large (8 pages so far) 
of copy/paste.
There is a discussion feature also.
There is no cost but they do ask for donations from time to time.
The last drive was about 5 years ago when they wanted to buy a new server. The 
servers are in California.

I've used it extensively to send notes to my students such as changes in the 
schedule, Test alerts, absence alerts.
It's off the college system so I'm more confident that privacy is maintained.

One class, Psy of Adj, I have the students submit their written assignments 
using this system. That requires a bit of set up on my part. But I am able to 
set up files for each class and sub-files for individual assignments.

My e-mail provider is mac.com
With the restriction on web mail the college system quickly gets overloaded and 
I get all those "you are over limit" messages.

Although I am the organizer I have no way of reading student mail that is not 
directed to me specifically.
(I assume we all know that electronic communication is not private when using 
an employers purchased system.)


When I first read your subject line I thought it was going to be screed against 
web based courses. 

Give nicenet.org a try. I've been on it for all my classes for about 10 years


-Original Message-
From: David Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue 8/19/2008 4:48 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] DimDim and web-based instruction
 
 On my campus, Moodle is the supported software system for 
delivering course content. Moodle works fine for asynchronous 
communications like uploaded lectures, course "handouts," tests, and 
bulletin-board discussion. But real-time class sessions are limited to a 
weak chat feature and wiki board. So this morning I worked with a 
colleague on another campus in testing the features of DimDim ( 
http://dimdim.com/ ). We used this to deliver a powerpoint lecture with 
one-way audio, two-way video, drawing or typing on the PowerPoint slides 
by all participants, simultaneous telephone conferencing, and the usual 
typed chat log -- all together in a single lecture session. It was 
pretty slick but the free version is restricted to 15 users at a time 
($99/yr gets you up to 100 participants).

 Two questions: 1) Do any of you TIPS folks have experience with 
DimDim or something similar to share? and 2) Can anyone suggest other 
free sites offering a similar service? I'm assuming that DimDim has 
competition and it may not be the best site for my purposes.

--Dave

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[tips] The wisdom of college presidents

[Allen Esterson]

Michael Sylvester wrote:
>Some college presidents in the U.S want the drinking age
>lowered to 18,They rationalize that students are not likely
>to binge if the drinking age is 18,They draw on cross-cultural 
>data that Europeans who can drink at a lower age do not 
>seem to have problems with teen drinking.

It doesn't work that way in Britain, where teenage binge-drinking is all
too prevalent. 

Allen Esterson
Former lecturer, Science Department
Southwark College, London
http://www.esterson.org




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[tips] DimDim and web-based instruction

[David Campbell]

 On my campus, Moodle is the supported software system for 
delivering course content. Moodle works fine for asynchronous 
communications like uploaded lectures, course "handouts," tests, and 
bulletin-board discussion. But real-time class sessions are limited to a 
weak chat feature and wiki board. So this morning I worked with a 
colleague on another campus in testing the features of DimDim ( 
http://dimdim.com/ ). We used this to deliver a powerpoint lecture with 
one-way audio, two-way video, drawing or typing on the PowerPoint slides 
by all participants, simultaneous telephone conferencing, and the usual 
typed chat log -- all together in a single lecture session. It was 
pretty slick but the free version is restricted to 15 users at a time 
($99/yr gets you up to 100 participants).

 Two questions: 1) Do any of you TIPS folks have experience with 
DimDim or something similar to share? and 2) Can anyone suggest other 
free sites offering a similar service? I'm assuming that DimDim has 
competition and it may not be the best site for my purposes.

--Dave

-- 

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___

David E. Campbell, Ph.D.[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Department of PsychologyPhone: 707-826-3721   Office: 444 BSS
Humboldt State University   FAX:   707-826-4993
Arcata, CA  95521-8299  www.humboldt.edu/~campbell/psyc.htm 



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[tips] tenure track position

[Valerie Eastman]

The Department of Behavioral Sciences at Drury University invites applications 
for a tenure track position in psychology at the assistant professor level 
beginning in the fall of 2009.  The department consists of nine full-time 
tenure-track faculty and offers undergraduate majors in psychology, 
criminology, criminal justice, and sociology.  It also offers an M.A./M.S. in 
Criminology/Criminal Justice.  The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in 
psychology.  Candidates with a specialty in health or experimental psychology 
will receive preference.  A background in neuroscience, statistics, and 
research methods is also desirable.  The person in this position will be 
expected to supervise team-based undergraduate research projects.  Send a 
letter of application describing teaching and research interests, vita, 
graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to Dr. Valerie 
Eastman, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Drury University, 900 North Benton, 
Springfield, MO 65802.  Review of applications will begin October 15.  
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.  Women and 
minorities are especially encouraged to apply.  Drury University is an equal 
opportunity employer.

Valerie J. Eastman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Department of Behavioral Sciences
Drury University
900 N. Benton
Springfield, Missouri  65802

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Office: 417-873-7305
Fax: 417-873-6942

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RE: [tips] TIPsters seen at APA

[FRANTZ, SUE]

And if we would have had another hour, you could have seen clickers put
to better use.  They served our purpose for the time we had.  =)

Good to finally meet you David!  

I'm now very sorry I missed Chris' talk... Digital Object Identifiers.
Sounds like it's right up my alley.  =)

Sue


-Original Message-
From: David Epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:45 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] TIPsters seen at APA

I've been meaning to mention that I greatly enjoyed presentations by
Chris Green and Sue Frantz at APA last week.  (Chris, I was the person
who was yakking about Digital Object Identifiers at the end of the
session.)

Thanks to Sue, I now know what a clicker does.

--David Epstein
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RE: [tips] Sundowning

[Mike Palij]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:20:53 -0700, Shearon, Tim wrote:
>Text from:
>http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.med.57.071604.1
41451";
 >The full text is available at that address, in html and pdf, I believe.

Tim quoted from the abstract of the following article/chapter:

Bachman, D. & Rabins, P. (2006).  "Sundowning" and other temporally
associated agitation states in dementia patients.  Annual Review
of Medicine, 57, 499-511.

However, on the first couple of pages, one finds the following:

|Typical research definitions of sundowning have included "delirium
|and agitation" within one hour of darkness (1) or "the appearance
|or exacerbation of behavioral disturbances associated with the
|afternoon and/or evening hours" (3). The inclusion of the entire
|night under the banner of "sundowning" by some clinicians has
|broadened the scope of this disorder to include all disruptive
|sleep disorders among dementia patients. For instance, the
|American Sleep Disorders Association considers sundowning to
|include "the sleep disturbance that is characterized by nocturnal
|wandering and confusion" (4). This failure to arrive at a consensus
|definition has ledYesavage et al. (5) to refer to sundowning as an
|"ill-defined behavioral syndrome subsuming many different kinds
|of behavior. . ." (p 134). Bliwise (6) has also recently critiqued the
|concept of sundowning. He hypothesizes that sundowning is a
|composite of behaviors, including travel behavior, loud vocalizations,
|wandering, maladaptive behaviors, and physical aggression. Each of
|these behaviors may have its own unique temporal profile, but with
|all of them clustering in the late afternoon or early evening.

The general idea of sundowning is simple enough but it appears
that if one really wants to know what the term means, one has to
examine who is using it and which specific definition is being used.

-Mike Palij
New York University
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Re: [tips] TIPsters seen at APA

[Christopher D. Green]

David Epstein wrote:
> I've been meaning to mention that I greatly enjoyed presentations by
> Chris Green and Sue Frantz at APA last week.  (Chris, I was the person
> who was yakking about Digital Object Identifiers at the end of the
> session.)
>
I think you scared them. :-)
(I set 'em up. You knock 'em down.)

Regards,
Chris
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Department of Psychology
York University
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Canada

 

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Re: [tips] Regression/SPSS question

[Jim Clark]

Hi

This is far from being a simple question given the Within-S aspect of the 
continuous variable.  If there are relatively few levels of the continuous 
variable (or the values can be reduced without losing info, producing empty 
cells, etc.) then GLM or MANOVA with partitioning of the interaction might 
still be a worthwhile approach.  

Such questions are best put to the SPSS newsgroup.  For this and other sources 
of help, see Raynald's SPSS Tools page at

http://www.spsstools.net/FAQ.htm#FindHelp 

Jim

James M. Clark
Professor of Psychology
204-786-9757
204-774-4134 Fax
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Department of Psychology
University of Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3B 2E9
CANADA


>>> "Helweg-Larsen, Marie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 18-Aug-08 1:36 PM >>>
I am having difficulty finding information about how to set up a regression in 
SPSS. I am testing an interaction between a continuous and a dichotomized 
variable (which is why I'm not using ANOVA). However, the continuous variable 
is measured within subjects. I cannot figure out how to setup the regression 
with the repeated measures variable. I've consulted Aiken and West's book 
"Multiple Regression:  testing and interpreting interactions" (which is 
excellent in terms of dummy coding variables, centering them and interpretation 
of interactions), looked at the SPSS manuals, and searched the internet (many 
useful SPSS resources but none address using a regression with a repeated 
measure variable). Can any of you folks direct me to a source with the correct 
syntax.
Thanks
Marie


Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology
Kaufman 168, Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013
Office: (717) 245-1562, Fax: (717) 245-1971
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[tips] The wisdom of college presidents

[Msylvester]

Some college presidents in the U.S want the drinkong age
lowered to 18,They rationalize that students are not likely
to binge if the drinking age is 18,They draw on cross-cultural data that 
Europeans who can drink at a lower age do not seem to have problems with teen 
drinking.
WElcome to globalization

Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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Re: [tips] Sundowning- off list

[Paul Brandon]

Time--
Thanks.
I did a quick lit search and didn't find anything outside of dementia  
populations.


On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:47 PM, Shearon, Tim wrote:




Paul
Lots of symptoms/signs get "extended" beyond specific and proper  
use so I'd imagine that happens with this term too. Without  
presence of dementia I'd tend to call that fatigue. In this case  
what I know of it is reading relating to family issues- it is, of  
course, relevant to several areas of psych.

Tim
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Professor and Chair Department of Psychology
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID 83605
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general;  
history and systems


"You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker



-Original Message-
From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue 8/19/2008 11:39 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Sundowning

So, does this have any applicability to individuals WITHOUT dementia?
I've heard it applied to the elderly in general.

On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Shearon, Tim wrote:



Text from: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/
annurev.med.57.071604.141451" The full text is available at that
address, in html and pdf, I believe.

"The late afternoon/evening exacerbation of behavioral symptoms in
dementia has been recognized by clinicians for >60 years.
Researchers have utilized a variety of increasingly sophisticated
tools to examine the circadian, hormonal, physiological, and
epidemiological correlations with sundowning behavior."

So it is, essentially, a worsening of symptoms and signs of
dementia at or near sundown/late-afternoon. There have been many
attempts to treat it physiologically.
Tim


Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Re: [tips] Sundowning

[Christopher D. Green]

Michael Britt wrote:
>
>
> I must admit I've never heard of the term "sundowning".  Can you explain?
>
Relatively temporary periods of confusion and dementia.

Chris
==
>
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Rob Weisskirch wrote:
>
>>
>> Does anyone know the actual causes of sundowning behavior among the 
>> elderly?  Is it neurotransmitter related?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rob
>>
>> Rob Weisskirch, MSW. Ph.D.
>> Associate Professor of Human Development
>> Certified Family Life Educator
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RE: [tips] Sundowning- off list

[Shearon, Tim]

Paul
Lots of symptoms/signs get "extended" beyond specific and proper use so I'd 
imagine that happens with this term too. Without presence of dementia I'd tend 
to call that fatigue. In this case what I know of it is reading relating to 
family issues- it is, of course, relevant to several areas of psych. 
Tim
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Professor and Chair Department of Psychology
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID 83605
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and 
systems

"You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker



-Original Message-
From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue 8/19/2008 11:39 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Sundowning
 
So, does this have any applicability to individuals WITHOUT dementia?
I've heard it applied to the elderly in general.

On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Shearon, Tim wrote:

>
> Text from: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/ 
> annurev.med.57.071604.141451" The full text is available at that  
> address, in html and pdf, I believe.
>
> "The late afternoon/evening exacerbation of behavioral symptoms in  
> dementia has been recognized by clinicians for >60 years.  
> Researchers have utilized a variety of increasingly sophisticated  
> tools to examine the circadian, hormonal, physiological, and  
> epidemiological correlations with sundowning behavior."
>
> So it is, essentially, a worsening of symptoms and signs of  
> dementia at or near sundown/late-afternoon. There have been many  
> attempts to treat it physiologically.
> Tim

Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
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[tips] TIPsters seen at APA

[David Epstein]

I've been meaning to mention that I greatly enjoyed presentations by
Chris Green and Sue Frantz at APA last week.  (Chris, I was the person
who was yakking about Digital Object Identifiers at the end of the
session.)

Thanks to Sue, I now know what a clicker does.

--David Epstein
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[tips] AHP "most popular" in Gen. Psych.

[Christopher D. Green]

I was very pleased to discover that, according this webpage, the blog 
that my PhD student Jeremy Burman and I have been writing for the past 
year or so is now the most popular blog in the category "General 
Psychology": 
http://www.universityreviewsonline.com/2005/10/top-100-mental.html

The blog is "Advances in the History of Psychology" and can be found at: 
http://ahp.yorku.ca/

Many thanks to all of our loyal readers out there in the blogosphere!

Regards,
Chris
-- 

Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
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Canada

 

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Re: [tips] Sundowning

[Paul Brandon]

So, does this have any applicability to individuals WITHOUT dementia?
I've heard it applied to the elderly in general.

On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Shearon, Tim wrote:



Text from: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/ 
annurev.med.57.071604.141451" The full text is available at that  
address, in html and pdf, I believe.


"The late afternoon/evening exacerbation of behavioral symptoms in  
dementia has been recognized by clinicians for >60 years.  
Researchers have utilized a variety of increasingly sophisticated  
tools to examine the circadian, hormonal, physiological, and  
epidemiological correlations with sundowning behavior."


So it is, essentially, a worsening of symptoms and signs of  
dementia at or near sundown/late-afternoon. There have been many  
attempts to treat it physiologically.

Tim


Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
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RE: [tips] Sundowning

[Shearon, Tim]

Text from: 
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.med.57.071604.141451";
 The full text is available at that address, in html and pdf, I believe.

"The late afternoon/evening exacerbation of behavioral symptoms in dementia has 
been recognized by clinicians for >60 years. Researchers have utilized a 
variety of increasingly sophisticated tools to examine the circadian, hormonal, 
physiological, and epidemiological correlations with sundowning behavior."

So it is, essentially, a worsening of symptoms and signs of dementia at or near 
sundown/late-afternoon. There have been many attempts to treat it 
physiologically.  
Tim
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I must admit I've never heard of the term "sundowning".  Can you  
explain?

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Re: [tips] Sundowning

[Mike Palij]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:18:35 -0700, Michael Britt wrote:
>I must admit I've never heard of the term "sundowning".  Can 
>you  explain?
>
>On Aug 19, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Rob Weisskirch wrote:
>> Does anyone know the actual causes of sundowning behavior among the  
>> elderly?  Is it neurotransmitter related?

The term "sundowning" refers to the increased level of
behavioral agitation shown by some elderly people towards
the end of the day, presumably as the sun sets but it is unclear
to me that there is a clear operational definition for the term.
Depending upon how one defines the term, the increased
level of activity either increases in the late afternoon or 
with the occurance of dusk (i.e., the actual setting of the
sun).  If the latter, then "sundowning" would vary as a function
of location on the planet and season (earlier in winter,
later in the summer).  However, though some believe this
to be a "real" condition, there may be alternative explanations,
such as:

AU: Author
Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska (1)
AF: Affiliation
(1)Research Institute on Aging of the CES Life Communities, Rockville,
MD, US
SO: Source
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Vol 15(5), May 2007, pp.
395-405
AB: Abstract
Objective: This study investigated the temporal pattern of agitated
behaviors in nursing home residents with dementia and compared it with
temporal patterns of pleasure, interest in the environment, and sleep.
Methods: Trained research assistants recorded direct observations of
agitation and affect by the Agitation Behavior Mapping Instrument and
the Lawton's Modified Behavior Stream for 174 participants from 12
nursing homes. Results: The temporal pattern found for total agitation
showed a gradual increase from the morning until approximately 4 PM
with a decrease thereafter. Only 26% of the sample showed a clear
increase of their agitation in the later hours in comparison to the
morning hours based on our criterion. Pleasure did not show a
consistent pattern, whereas levels of interest peaked during lunch and
dinner times. Conclusions: The results fit with a hypothesis of
fatigue of daytime nursing staff members and disruption during shift
change and may also be partially accounted for by resident fatigue.
Although the literature supports the notion that there is a peak in
overall agitation around 4 PM, the term "sundowning" is not supported
and should be replaced. The phenomenon of increased levels of
agitation during later hours characterizes only a minority of agitated
nursing home residents, albeit the most highly agitated. (PsycINFO
Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)

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Re: [tips] Sundowning

[Michael Britt]

I must admit I've never heard of the term "sundowning".  Can you  
explain?

Michael
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> Does anyone know the actual causes of sundowning behavior among the  
> elderly?  Is it neurotransmitter related?
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> Thanks,
> Rob
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[Rob Weisskirch]

Does anyone know the actual causes of sundowning behavior among the elderly?  
Is it neurotransmitter related?

Thanks,
Rob

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[tips] A Critical Election

[Mike Palij]

No, not that one, this one:

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0819.html#article

Now THAT was an experiment on obedience to authority. 
Perhaps a good exercise would be to try to explain how/why
a person could get 90% of a large population to vote for him
and whether this is really something that a society should desire.

It is hard to decide whether one should laugh or cry at comments
about "moderation" in the article.

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P.S.  In 2000 we had "hanging chads".  In 1934 it was "spoiled
votes".  What message was being sent there?




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