[tips] Welles' 'War of the Worlds' 1938 panic story

2011-11-01 Thread Allen Esterson
An interview with Prof W Joseph Campbell on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning led me to this: The Halloween myth of the War of the Worlds panic http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15470903 and then to this: Why ‘War of the Worlds’ show didn’t panic America W. Joseph Campbell

[tips] Brain Substrates of Long-Term Memory Conformity

2011-11-01 Thread Allen Esterson
The following paper claims to have located socially induced memory errors in brain substrates as revealed by brain imaging: Following the Crowd: Brain Substrates of Long-Term Memory Conformity Micah Edelson, Tali Sharot, Raymond J. Dolan, Yadin Dudai

Re: [tips] Welles' 'War of the Worlds' 1938 panic story

2011-11-01 Thread sblack
On 1 Nov 2011 at 3:56, Allen Esterson wrote: An interview with Prof W Joseph Campbell on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning led me to this: The Halloween myth of the War of the Worlds panic http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15470903 Well, I love mythbusting as much as the next

[tips] CLARIFICATION: CHRISTOPHER GREEN AWARD

2011-11-01 Thread michael sylvester
Chris wrote me. I told him that the award is complimentary and that expresses my sentiment that we miss him on TIPS.Stuart was mentioned because he Stuart had mentioned that Chris attended a Bishops homecoming a few years ago and attested to Chris' integrity and academic professionalism.