I had a student ask an interesting question while on the topic of sleep
today. The student wanted to know the mechanism of the "hand in warm water
prank" (putting a sleeping person's hands in warm water makes the person
urinate).
I'm stumped.
Take care,
Mark
--- Mark Plonsky, Ph.D.715-
One of our admirable tipsters posted a great website explaining the work
of the nobel prize winners and in a moment of brain drain I deleted it
instead of saving it.
Could whoever was so kind please do so again.
thanks
annette
ps we had also JUST the previous class session discussed Kandel's w
Hi TIPsters,
You all give such good advice and helpÑit is hard not to continue to
take advantage of it!
I am on a subcommittee working to develop a protocol for what a faculty
member should do when a student comes to him or her complaining
about another faculty member. For example, is the s
I received the same email twice before; once a couple of months ago and then
again last week.
Nina
>= Original Message From "Jim Guinee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =
>Hello,
>
>I have received several e-mails from this individual, and don't know how I
got
>on his list. Anyone familiar with
When Michael S and I attended It was Missourah to rhyme with the rah! rah!
cheers. Given the way the football team has done since, the current
pronunciation is miz-er-ee.
Michael B. Quanty, Ph.D.
Psychology Professor
Senior Institutional Researcher
Thomas Nelson Community College
PO Box 9407
Ham
I'm inquiring on behalf of a friend, of course...but can any of you
suggest readings concerning teaching philosophy for professors who have
been "at the game" for 10 or more years? Burnout prevention for people
who have successfully taught the same course load year after year? Jump
start techni
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Ron Apland wrote:
> Stephen, there is a biography of Cotzias by Vincent Dole at
> http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/gcotzias.html. There is no
> mention of Carlsson or even the encephalitis episode of awakenings. As I
> read it, Cotzias discovered l-dopa.
Thanks,
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>
> who was Parkinson?
>
Like Alice's Restaurant, you can get anything you want on the
web. Here's what it says about the eponymous Dr. Parkinson.
DR. JAMES PARKINSON
(1755 - 1828)
James Parkinson was born in London, and in his early education
st
Yes, Mizzou is the school, specifically the University of Missouri-Columbia.
I grew up in a small town along the Missouri River and I pronounce it
Missour-e. I have yet to find any rhyme or reason for who pronounces it how
(geographically speaking). Right now I live in Springfield (southwest
Mis
Hello,
I have received several e-mails from this individual, and don't know how I got
on his list. Anyone familiar with him or his work?? Thanks.
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Dear colleague,
Revolutionary approach on psychology as a science:
http://www.ap.org.ru/eng/broad.htm
Alexey Pestov,
Secr
Michael Sylvester wrote:
>
> And while on this subject is it Missouri or Missourer?
> I graduated from there, and when in doubt-I say Mizzou.
This is a simplification, but, Missour-e if in St. Louis or Kansas City.
Missour-ah if anyplace else. I would guess that in Columbia it can go e
Stephen, there is a biography of Cotzias by Vincent Dole at
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/gcotzias.html. There is no
mention of Carlsson or even the encephalitis episode of awakenings. As I
read it, Cotzias discovered l-dopa.
Ron
Stephen Black wrote:
> Earlier today I discuss
who was Parkinson?
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
>
>There's a discussion going on in one of my classes on the pronunciation of
>"buttons" (the "terminal" neuron kind, not the ones on a jacket). Some
>have
>been taught to pronounce it to sound like "boot-ONS" with accent on "ons,"
>while others the same as the clothing item. (I was taught the
For what it's worth, I used Siiter twice, around the time that the new
Primate Center at the Philadelphia Zoo opened. I picked it mainly because
the last section focused on primates, and I ran the lab (just during that
time) mostly at the zoo, and more primate-oriented than I normally would.
For t
I believe the French influence is due to Jean-Pierre Changeux. I do not
know for sure.
Ron Blue
http://turn.to/ai
- Original Message -
From: "Charles M. Huffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Stephen Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "TIPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 11:12
Tipsters:
I am due for a sabbatical next year (2001-2002) and - unlike my last
sabbatical - I would like to leave Plymouth. If you know of any
opportunities for "exhanges" - I'd appreciate any leads. We have an
exchange program in place with at least one other college, though my
preference is
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> That must be fairly common. We had the same thing. It would have been in
> Missouri in the early to mid-70s. I just looked it up. The short a is a
> second pronunciation, but you should still pronounce the t.
>
> Michael B. Quanty, Ph.D.
> Psyc
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Rick Froman wrote:
> When my wife was pregnant, the nurses would always talk about how many
> sonnemeters she was dilated. They did not accent ohter words in a similar
> way. I finally determined that they were referring to "centimeters".
>
This one, I think, comes from
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Mike Scoles wrote:
> I can go along with this one. There is a dude in the "Mind" series that
> says,
> "sigh-naps" though. What's the skinny on that?
>
> - The Other M.S.
>
Please let it be known that I am the only one who should be using
terms like dude,skinny and
That must be fairly common. We had the same thing. It would have been in
Missouri in the early to mid-70s. I just looked it up. The short a is a
second pronunciation, but you should still pronounce the t.
Michael B. Quanty, Ph.D.
Psychology Professor
Senior Institutional Researcher
Thomas Nel
When my wife was pregnant, the nurses would always talk about how many
sonnemeters she was dilated. They did not accent ohter words in a similar
way. I finally determined that they were referring to "centimeters".
Rick
Dr. Richard L. Froman
Psychology Department
John Brown University
Siloam Spr
I've always pronounced it "axon terminal."
--David Epstein \ep'steen\
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Beth Benoit wrote:
>
> > Anyone taught it the boot-ON way? If there's any interest, please respond
> > offlist and I'll compile the figures.
As an undergraduate, my professors said boot-ON. I adopted the same pronunciation.
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