Position opening

2003-06-24 Thread Andy Skelton
Please bring to the attention of interested colleagues and advanced graduate students: Dickinson College, (Carlisle, PA) Dept. of Psychology. One-yr, full-time position for 2003-04 session. The specialty area is open. See the complete description at http://cfserv.dickinson.edu/facjobs/ or send ema

Re: Chronicle article - Selling Out: a Textbook Example

2003-06-24 Thread Gene Walker
I have reviewed texts and had my books reviewed. The reviews are taken very seriously and used to improve the book. It is also true that some publishers might solicit bogus reviews to induce adoptions. Best Wishes. Gene Walker, University of Oklahoma, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message ---

RE: Chronicle article - Selling Out: a Textbook Example

2003-06-24 Thread James Guinee
> Very interesting and certainly food for thought and topics for = > discussion on a number of different levels. > > For those of you who have published text books, is the perception that > reviews (obtained by a publisher) have little influence on the final > product and/or on the revision proc

Re: Brains, neurons, and development, and a nice spam typo

2003-06-24 Thread Paul Smith
(Oops - sent this one directly to David rather than to the list, so here's a repost...) = David - This won't do all of what you're asking, by any means, and it's not a detailed piece, but your students may get a lot out of it anyway: How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experienc

Re: Brains, neurons, and development

2003-06-24 Thread jim clark
Hi You might want to look at inhibition models that posit increasing strength of inhibitory functioning during childhood (and often reverse during aging). It can be nicely related to performance on variety of tasks (e.g., stroop, Simon Says, ...), as well as to more physiological measures (e.g.,