[tips] Limitless or How Drugs Let Me Rule The World For A Little Bit
The movie Limitless is out this weekend wherein a pitiable schmuck who can't get started on his novel comes across a drug that allows him to use the 80% of his brain that he has not been using. One review of the movie is provided in the NY Times (quick before they charge you for it!): see: http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/movies/bradley-cooper-as-a-burned-out-writer-in-limitless-review.html?nl=moviesemc=mua2 A.O. Scott's review has this telling paragraph in it: |The expansion of Eddie’s mental capacity does not lead to any |corresponding growth in wisdom or imagination. Quite the |contrary: the more clearly and quickly he thinks, the shallower |he becomes. To be sure, he learns to play the piano and picks |up fluency in a smattering of foreign languages and high-flown |cultural idioms, but these skills are mostly useful in getting women |to sleep with him. And the cultural knowledge that is most handy |comes from the kung fu movies and boxing matches he suddenly |remembers from childhood when he is attacked by a bunch of |thugs on a subway platform one night. I don't know which is sadder: that this movie promotes the myth that people only use 20% of their brain (it was 10% back in the 20th century; a new century must have made us all smarter what with the intelligence promoting i-products ;-) or the accuracy of what the typical young U.S. male would do with greatly enhanced cognitive abilities, namely, figuring out how to get really desirable women to sleep (so to speak) with him. -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=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=9460 or send a blank email to leave-9460-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Seems like Tuskegee/Guatemala in Japan
The Japanese authorities call for retirees to volunteer to go inside the Nuclear plants to put out the fires sort of reminds me of the infamous Tuskegee-Guatemala experiments although the similarities could be ideologically challenged. The rationale of the Japanese is that the retirees will die anyway long before they gat full blown cancer from the massive exposure to radiation. Are there ethical concerns here? As the cross-cultural dude on Tips,it would seem that the kamakaze paradigm of the Japanese is almost equivalent to Maslow's need for self-transcendence. Btw,a few years ago some of my students thought that it was ok to give experimental drugs to Aids' clients with the caveat that if the drugs were ineffective nothing would be lost since the Aids' clients would supposedly die anyway. I guess,if in the U.S, we subject our retirees to such a mission,the U.S would be accused of elderly abuse. I may be tempted to volunteer but someone stole my two six-packs of potassium iodide. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida kamakaze paradigm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=9461 or send a blank email to leave-9461-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Seems like Tuskegee/Guatemala in Japan
Well, if you want something more similar, watch the Harrison Ford movie K-19 The Widowmaker, based on the true life incident in the North Atlantic (1961 I believe). The nuclear reactor in the sub started heating up and had to be repaired up close to avert disaster on the sub and a US-Soviet clash. Some Soviet sailors volunteered (?) and some died in the process. Though the story is basically true those involved in it decried the liberties taken with details. Liberties aside, the movie is terrific on many levels. One theme that runs through the movie concerns motivations for following orders/volunteering/sacrificing. Does one do their duty for the state? or for just the comrades you share a sub with? It's also a study in leadership and group dynamics (reminescent of 12 OClock High) with a mutiny. Warning: watch this with a box of tissues. This was not a Harrison Ford box office smash, but the people I know who watched it continue to be haunted by it. == John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Director, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 == - Original Message - From: michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:32:59 AM Subject: [tips] Seems like Tuskegee/Guatemala in Japan The Japanese authorities call for retirees to volunteer to go inside the Nuclear plants to put out the fires sort of reminds me of the infamous Tuskegee-Guatemala experiments although the similarities could be ideologically challenged. The rationale of the Japanese is that the retirees will die anyway long before they gat full blown cancer from the massive exposure to radiation. Are there ethical concerns here? As the cross-cultural dude on Tips,it would seem that the kamakaze paradigm of the Japanese is almost equivalent to Maslow's need for self-transcendence. Btw,a few years ago some of my students thought that it was ok to give experimental drugs to Aids' clients with the caveat that if the drugs were ineffective nothing would be lost since the Aids' clients would supposedly die anyway. I guess,if in the U.S, we subject our retirees to such a mission,the U.S would be accused of elderly abuse. I may be tempted to volunteer but someone stole my two six-packs of potassium iodide. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida kamakaze paradigm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: ku...@mail.plymouth.edu . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454n=Tl=tipso=9461 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-9461-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=9462 or send a blank email to leave-9462-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Seems like Tuskegee/Guatemala in Japan
Besides the leadership/obedience angle to the K-19 story I alluded to, there is also a Canadian connection, filmed entirely there. There is quite a bit of information about this incident out there on Wikipedia and other sources == John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Director, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 == - Original Message - From: John Kulig ku...@mail.plymouth.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 11:05:11 AM Subject: Re: [tips] Seems like Tuskegee/Guatemala in Japan Well, if you want something more similar, watch the Harrison Ford movie K-19 The Widowmaker, based on the true life incident in the North Atlantic (1961 I believe). The nuclear reactor in the sub started heating up and had to be repaired up close to avert disaster on the sub and a US-Soviet clash. Some Soviet sailors volunteered (?) and some died in the process. Though the story is basically true those involved in it decried the liberties taken with details. Liberties aside, the movie is terrific on many levels. One theme that runs through the movie concerns motivations for following orders/volunteering/sacrificing. Does one do their duty for the state? or for just the comrades you share a sub with? It's also a study in leadership and group dynamics (reminescent of 12 OClock High) with a mutiny. Warning: watch this with a box of tissues. This was not a Harrison Ford box office smash, but the people I know who watched it continue to be haunted by it. == John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Director, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 == - Original Message - From: michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:32:59 AM Subject: [tips] Seems like Tuskegee/Guatemala in Japan The Japanese authorities call for retirees to volunteer to go inside the Nuclear plants to put out the fires sort of reminds me of the infamous Tuskegee-Guatemala experiments although the similarities could be ideologically challenged. The rationale of the Japanese is that the retirees will die anyway long before they gat full blown cancer from the massive exposure to radiation. Are there ethical concerns here? As the cross-cultural dude on Tips,it would seem that the kamakaze paradigm of the Japanese is almost equivalent to Maslow's need for self-transcendence. Btw,a few years ago some of my students thought that it was ok to give experimental drugs to Aids' clients with the caveat that if the drugs were ineffective nothing would be lost since the Aids' clients would supposedly die anyway. I guess,if in the U.S, we subject our retirees to such a mission,the U.S would be accused of elderly abuse. I may be tempted to volunteer but someone stole my two six-packs of potassium iodide. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida kamakaze paradigm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: ku...@mail.plymouth.edu . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454n=Tl=tipso=9461 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-9461-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=9464 or send a blank email to leave-9464-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re:[tips] The expression of the emotions in man and animals
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=N9oxmRT2YWwvq=medium Fabulous clip, Stephen. Darwin would have loved it! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org -- [tips] The expression of the emotions in man and animals sblack Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:52:55 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=N9oxmRT2YWwvq=medium Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca - --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=9466 or send a blank email to leave-9466-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re:[tips] The expression of the emotions in man and animals
Hi And there's always the classic ... http://filipspagnoli.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/bush_monkey.jpg Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Allen Esterson allenester...@compuserve.com 18-Mar-11 2:09:12 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=N9oxmRT2YWwvq=medium Fabulous clip, Stephen. Darwin would have loved it! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org -- [tips] The expression of the emotions in man and animals sblack Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:52:55 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=N9oxmRT2YWwvq=medium Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca - --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9n=Tl=tipso=9466 or send a blank email to leave-9466-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=9467 or send a blank email to leave-9467-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] weighted vests!?
On 18 Mar 2011 at 13:23, Steven Specht wrote: I have attached two review articles related to weighted vest research. I also spoke with a respected expert in the field of autism research (who said, I would never use it in my clinic). It appears that the technique is used by lots of clinicians (some estimates as high as 68%); but with very little evidence to support such treatment. I'd rather go swimming with dophins. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071218101131.htm Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca - --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=9468 or send a blank email to leave-9468-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Fw: Stuttering video
I am observing meticulously and oerationally defining the subjects' stuttering moment. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-485913265308369771# Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=9472 or send a blank email to leave-9472-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] It's Bits All The Way Down
The NY Times Book Review contains an interesting review by Geoffrey Nunberg of James Gleick's new book The Information. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/books/review/book-review-the-information-by-james-gleick.html?_r=1nl=booksemc=booksupdateema2pagewanted=all or http://tinyurl.com/revgleickinformation I haven't read the book but the review indicates that it's Gleick's attempt to try to show how fundamental the concept of information is to understanding the nature of reality, society, and even the human mind. By information the reviewer says that Gleick is relying upon Claude Shannon's conception as represented in his famous 1948 article in the Bell Systems Technical Journal A Mathematical Theory of Communication. Shannon had been working on methods that would allow one to quantify the amount of information that could be transmitted through a communications channel, a problem that other engineers and mathematicians at Bell Laboratories (the basic research arm of the telephone company monopoly ATT) had worked on (e.g., Hartley, R.V.L. 1928. Transmission of Information, in the same journal). The reviewer notes that Norbert Wiener's 1948 book Cybernetics also provided a version of Shannon famous equation and in the context of complex system which were self-organizing and self-maintaining. I don't know how Gleick handles Wiener's contributions which one can trace back to ideas presented at the Macy Conferences (no, not the department store Macy) which started in 1946 and included participants like Warren McCulloch (of McCulloch Pitts artificial neurons fame), John con Neumann, Kurt Lewin, Margaret Mead, and others. For a list of attendees of the Macy, see: http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/foundations/history/MacySummary.htm#Part1 For more background on the Macy conferences, see: http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/foundations/history/MacySummary.htm#Part1 But though some psychologists were exposed to Wiener's ideas about information, control, and cybernetics, academic U.S. psychology would not pay much attention to it until later, after Claude Shannon's concepts and ideas would first make their mark on psychology. Shannon's concept of information would be used in a variety of ways, from measuring the degree of structure in a pattern to information processing, especially in form of performing transformations that converted one type of energy into another form while maintaining the information invariant under transformation (e.g., talking into a telephone takes sound pressure waves, convert them into electrical signals which today are quantized or digital in nature instead of analog and then converted back into sound pressure waves at the receiver's end). Shannon's information theory would have a dramatic impact on psychological theory and research in the first half of the 1950s (e.g., see Quastler's 1955 Information Theory in Psychology http://tinyurl.com/quastlerinfopsych ) . However, by 1956, it was clear to many workers in the field that Shannon's theory, though useful, was inadequate to capture the basis of what was thought of as the human mind, at least in the U.S. A conference at MIT which contained famous presentations by George Miller (on what would become his Magic Number Seven paper), Noam Chomsky (on distinguishing models of syntax and why associative accounts like Skinner's failed), Newell and Simon (on the computer simulation the Logic Theorist), Swets (on signal detection theory, the problem of detecting a signal in a noisy channel) and so on would serve as the transition point in American psychological theorizing. It is from this point on that information theory would be secondary to information processing theory in psychology, representing the triumph of automata theory over communications theory, so to speak. Issues of the control of the flow of information and related issues which would involve cybernetic concepts, were famously presented in Miller, Galanter Pribram's Plans and the Structure of Behavior (see: http://tinyurl.com/millergalanterpribram ). So, it will be interesting to see Gleick's history and what he says. It should also be of some interest to psychologists. -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=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=9475 or send a blank email to leave-9475-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] The expression of the emotions in man and animals
A non-psychologist friend of mine, on seeing this clip, speculated that the baby is scared by the sound of the nose blowing and mommy's face being covered. But, when the handkerchief is lowered, the face is exposed, it is like 'peek-a-boo' games and fun fun fun! Paul C Bernhardt Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, USA pcbernhardt[at]frostburg[d0t]edu On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:52 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=N9oxmRT2YWwvq=medium Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca - --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003n=Tl=tipso=9449 or send a blank email to leave-9449-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=9477 or send a blank email to leave-9477-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
