My request for a reference was for the study the Mr. Sylvester said was about using olfactory cues to stop wandering Alzheimer's patients. It's that study that didn't seem logical or likely to me, and I'l like to read it for myself. Doubting Carol
-----Original Message----- From: Aubyn Fulton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 11:28 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Aubyn writes... I have been only following this tread sporadically, and have lost track of a strand or two. Looking back, this branch seems to have begun with this post from Michael Lee on Tue 12/14/2004 8:44 AM, I believe a tangent from the discussion of whether Flew's recent modifications of his position indicate Alzheimer's, and the study on Iris Murdoch" (note a reference is provided): "Found this interesting while on the topic, particularly this self-testing kit mentioned at the end of the article. I had no idea such a thing existed. Perhaps I should start exercising my sense of smell more frequently! http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1210243.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscov ery" Then Michael Sylvester added the following (I confess to not yet being sure if Dr. Sylvester is trolling in his posts to this list): "I once read a study about an Alzheimer's' institution that plants different trees with different flower odors throughout the institutional grounds. Clients are trained to associate certain odors with distance from the main house. For example'the smell of strawberry could be an indication that the client has wandered too far from the main house and the client should stop and return to the main house. And while on this subject,would that be classified as state or cue dependent learning? Several exchanges followed this, some requesting a reference. This is where I started paying attention again, and became confused if the requests for references was for the study mentioned by Michael about using tree odors to control patient wandering, or the original study about using olfaction to assess Alzheimer's. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
