Re: [tips] Practicing scientific thinking

2016-07-07 Thread Joan Warmbold
Thanks for that article Marie--the more of such the better. As research has revealed again and again, we need to focus more on how to best teach scientific literacy to our students. Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu > If you teach your students scientific thinking you might want them to read > this

[tips] When Statistics Go Bad: Nueroimaging Screws Up Again, Way Worst Than Dead Salmon

2016-07-07 Thread Mike Palij
A paper was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that shows that the three software packages typically used in analyzing fMRI images produces a higher than expected false positive rate (Type I error rate). Some of the popular science media outlets that

Re: [tips] Irving Gottesman, Pioneering Psychologist on Schizophrenia, Dies at 85

2016-07-07 Thread Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D.
On Jul 7, 2016, at 4:36 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > For the obituary in the NY Times, see: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/07/science/irving-gottesman-pioneering-psychologist-on-schizophrenia-dies-at-85.html > > Not a good time for "boomer" psychologists. I had corresponded

[tips] Irving Gottesman, Pioneering Psychologist on Schizophrenia, Dies at 85

2016-07-07 Thread Mike Palij
For the obituary in the NY Times, see: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/07/science/irving-gottesman-pioneering-psychologist-on-schizophrenia-dies-at-85.html Not a good time for "boomer" psychologists. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: