JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT, Search Re-opened

1999-03-02 Thread David Wasieleski
Please forward to anyone who might be interested. Let them know that the temp today here in Valdosta is expected to be 77 degrees! ;-) David W. >JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT >Search Re-opened > >For immediate distribution. Please post the following re-opened search to >electronic >and physical bulle

Sleep talking

1999-03-02 Thread Drnanjo
Hi folks: My understanding is that somnambulism is usually a stage 4 occurrence. Is talking in one's sleep more usual in one particular stage? NREM or REM? This is to answer a student's question. Thanks for your help. Nancy Melucci The not so merry wanderer Garden Grove, CA

Re: Sleep talking

1999-03-02 Thread Johnna K. Shapiro
Talking in sleep is a related phenomenon to sleepwalking. Moorcroft (1993) suggests that it may occur during stage 3 and may actually be a result of intrusion of stage 2 electrical activity during stage 3 sleep. It has to occur in NREM sleep, because in REM the motor system (and hence the speech s

Re: emo

1999-03-02 Thread RICKER
Bob Wildblood asks: >>> Gee, Rip, just where is this university? I think we should figure out some way to call attention to this travesty. >>> My guess is that Rip was referring to a local "university" by the name of the University of Phoenix. Don't worry, if you do not have a branch near you,

Re: Sleep talking

1999-03-02 Thread RICKER
Nancy Melucci asked about sleep talking: in which stage does it occur; is it more likely in REM or NREM. According to Webb (1975): Most sleeptalking does not occur in REM sleep. Because there are many EEG artifacts associated with sleeptalking it is difficult to assess the

more on emo

1999-03-02 Thread RICHARD PISACRETA
Bob wrote: >Gee, Rip, just where is this university? I think we should figure out some way to call attention to this travesty. At 10:42 3/1/99 PST, RICHARD PISACRETA wrote: >Just when you thought that you had all the threats to your profession >listed, you find a new one. Evidently, there ar

Re: Sleep talking

1999-03-02 Thread SNRandall
In a message dated 3/2/99 9:57:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > By the term "EEG artifacts," I am inferring that Webb is referring to signs > of arousal, but (of course) I am not certain. Hi Rick et al - A small point (and likely small contribution to the discussion !)

Re: Sleep talking

1999-03-02 Thread SNRandall
Oh what the heck - I just set up links for a web chapter on sleep (Introductory level writing at this point, so I haven't yet done a literature search for writing the advanced material. Although recent discussions on TIPS have been very useful in this regard !). Anyway, the sleep related links (

Research Experience for Undergraduates

1999-03-02 Thread Douglas Bernstein
Dear colleagues, A friend of mine has asked me to post the following announcement to the TIPS mailgroup. I hope that it will be of interest to some of you. Best regards, Doug Bernstein The Human-Technology Interaction Center at the University of Oklahoma has been designated as a Research Exp

RE: emo

1999-03-02 Thread Rick Adams
Jeff wrote: > My guess is that Rip was referring to a local "university" by the > name of the > University of Phoenix. Don't worry, if you do not have a branch > near you, you > soon will have. The courses are all taught by adjuncts. The only > full-timers > (if my memory serves me) are those who

Re: emo

1999-03-02 Thread RICKER
Rick Adams writes: >>>If it _is_ the University of Phoenix, you need to put it in perspective. The University of Phoenix is an online business college that offers the bba and mba degrees and teaches exclusively online (and, yes, they _are_ fully accredited). >>> It is much more than this. The Un

REU sites

1999-03-02 Thread Pat Cabe
The following URL lists sites hosting research experiences for undergraduates (REU) programs. They are subdivided by discipline and psych/social sciences shows about a dozen sites. Worth looking at if you have students who could benefit from this kind of experience (and who doesn't?). http://w

Info request (credit for a technique)

1999-03-02 Thread Pat Cabe
Some time ago someone wrote to TIPS and suggested a technique for getting students to read and keep up with the class. The idea was to ask students to write a notecard containing a summary of the reading assignment (all this from memory, of course). A colleague with whom I shared the original

RE: Subject Pool

1999-03-02 Thread Annette Taylor
For my classes students have to hand in a 2 page double-spaced critique of their experience--what they did, how it relates to course work, and if they are in the research methods course they must identify the method/design and critique it, along with any other relevant things we are studying, i.e.

Re: emo

1999-03-02 Thread RICKER
In order to support my claim that the University of Phoenix is more than just an online business college, let me quote from their 96/97 catalog: "The University of Phoenix offers an Associate of Arts in Business degree program; an Associate of Arts degree through credit recognition; bachelor leve

Textbook for a Learning Class

1999-03-02 Thread ITP_Faculty_Faith_Florer
I will be teaching a course on the Psychology of Learning this coming fall. In the past, I've used Houston, J. P. (1991), _Fundamentals of Learning and Memory_ as the text. I like the text because it covers the experimental literature well. However, it is getting old. I'd like to find a text tha

Blows to the head and schizophrenia

1999-03-02 Thread Weisskirch, Rob
Hello TIPSters, In discussing schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders (or at least I think I discussed it--could have been me and the voices), a student asked if schizophrenia could be induced from a head injury. I had never heard of someone becoming psychotic after a head injury (maybe when

Fwd: Info request (credit for a technique)

1999-03-02 Thread Psychsigjm
In a message dated 99-03-02 14:15:28 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << colleague with whom I shared the original e-mail has used it and wants to pass the idea along to others, but wants to be sure to give credit to the originator. Unfortunately, neither of us seems to have saved that message

Followup on Bill's (listowner) letters of support

1999-03-02 Thread Bill Southerly
To those TIPSters who wrote previous letters of support for my promotion application: I am being considered for a "Faculty Achievement Award" at Frostburg State University in the area of Professional Service for my work with TIPS. I would like to use the previous letters that each of you sent to