[tips] This Looks Like a Job for a Psychologist!

2014-10-16 Thread Michael Britt
I don't know if you've been following thisbut apparently the treatment for a deadly infection called "Clostridium difficile" (or "c-diff") is to transplant fecal material from one person to another. Now there's a new treatment in which the fecal material is delivered via a pill - a "poop pi

[tips] For Those Who Are Interested In Such Things

2014-10-16 Thread Mike Palij
A while back on Tips I had mentioned that I had made a presentation at APA in the early 1990s on the inception of information processing theories in psychology with an emphasis on information theory. The problem was that I could not find either a paper or electronic copy of the paper that I presen

RE: [tips] This Looks Like a Job for a Psychologist!

2014-10-16 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Another great "poop" story is Goldberger's work to demonstrate that Pellagra was a dietary rather than infectious disease. In addition to some very nice manipulations of diet (both to prevent and to induce the disease), Goldberger, his wife, and some friends conducted "filth parties" in whic

RE: [tips] For Those Who Are Interested In Such Things

2014-10-16 Thread Jim Matiya
Try calling Marty McFly! :) Jim Matiya Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia From: m...@nyu.edu To: tips@fsulist.fro

[tips] Cultural or Cross-Cultural Psychology Position

2014-10-16 Thread Helweg-Larsen, Marie
The Department of Psychology at Dickinson College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Cultural or Cross-Cultural Psychology beginning Fall 2015. Area of specialty is open, but we are particularly interested in candidates whose research takes a global perspective on: ph