[tips] Facilitated communication

2009-11-27 Thread sblack
The neurologist Steven Laureys has now replied to concerns that the claimed recovery of his patient is really due to the use of facilitated communication, a discredited pseudoscientific technique. http://tinyurl.com/yash3je His replies to the questions posed to him by _New Scientist_ magazine

[tips] Brain Power - New Techniques in Brain Surgery Mix Hope With Risk - Series - NYTimes.com

2009-11-27 Thread Christopher D. Green
Looks like psychiatric brain surgery is making a comeback. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/27/health/research/27brain.html?em Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/

re: [tips] gladwell.com: Pinker on "What the Dog Saw."

2009-11-27 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:30:41 -0800, wrote: >Gladwell's reply to Pinker's nasty review. Pinker's saying it isn't so, >doesn't make it not so. I would not have characterized Pinker's review as nasty but that is neither here nor there: such a statement depends upon an interpretation consistent with

RE: [tips] gladwell.com: Pinker on "What the Dog Saw."

2009-11-27 Thread Lilienfeld, Scott O
A classy response by Gladwell (although I wished he'd addressed more than the football business, which doesn't seem to me to be as central as the other issues Pinker raised). Scott Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psych

[tips] gladwell.com: Pinker on "What the Dog Saw."

2009-11-27 Thread Christopher D. Green
Gladwell's reply to Pinker's nasty review. Pinker's saying it isn't so, doesn't make it not so. http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/2009/11/pinker-on-what-the-dog-saw.html Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex.

Re:[tips] The weaknesses of email discussion lists

2009-11-27 Thread Richard Hake
Some subscribers to TIPS might be interested in a recent post "Re: The weaknesses of email discussion lists" [Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads: ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ABSTRACT: In response to my previous post "Re: The value of discussion lists" a subscriber wrote to me p

RE: [tips] The 51st Great Myth?

2009-11-27 Thread Lilienfeld, Scott O
Hi Michael - Yes, the AP did get in touch with me and we spoke about the Houben case, but I haven't seen anything about it since then (it's possible that it's appeared somewhere, but if so I haven't seen it). .Scott Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental

Re: [tips] The 51st Great Myth?

2009-11-27 Thread Britt, Michael
Yes, I saw the "mini-myths" in the book - wedged in between the chapters. Looks like you've got enough for a volume 2 here. By the way, you mentioned in a previous TIPS post that the Associated Press had contacted you about Rom Houben and the possible facilitated communication issue. Any

RE: [tips] The 51st Great Myth?

2009-11-27 Thread Lilienfeld, Scott O
Many thanks for the kind words, Michael. Actually, we do address this myth on p. 44 of our myths book in our end-of-chapter "mythlets" (or perhaps we should call them mini-myths?). CheersScott Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Departm

Re: [tips] The 51st Great Myth?

2009-11-27 Thread taylor
If you prefer video: Ted Allen's Food Detectives on the Food Network is a great show! In one episode that you can view online he takes on the turkey tryptophan challenge. Not "cleanly" scientific but close enough. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San