I rather liked the term - I think if we called more things off the wall terms like this, more students would get into science.
sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: > Male bowerbirds just can't abide red. So in this clever, clever >new experiment , Keagy et al (2009) annoyed them by placing >red objects in their nests. Only some objects were harder to >remove than others (a test of bowerbird braininess--an IQ test >for birds, the Stanford-Birdet). > >They then counted number of bonks for each male. And brainy >bowerbirds bonked best, giving hope to nerds everywhere. > >Keagy, J., Savard, J-F, and Borgia, G. Male satin bowerbird >problem-solving ability predicts mating success. 2009. Animal >Behaviour, in press > >http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~jkeagy/Keagy_et_al_2009.pdf >[free!] > >And to assuage the tender sensibilities of Mike P., please note >my use of the joyful "bonk" euphemism in place of the naughty >F-word. Come to think of it, I like "sneaky bonkers" even better >than the original. Not that we'll see it anytime soon in a textbook. > >Stephen >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. >Professor of Psychology, Emeritus >Bishop's University > e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca >2600 College St. >Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 >Canada >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > ---------------------------------- Deb Dr. Deborah S. Briihl Dept. of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University 229-333-5994 dbri...@valdosta.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
