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  | CHC intelligence listserv update
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
Regular readers of IQ's Corner, who may want more interactive give-and-take re: the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory of intelligence, as well as intelligence theories and assessment in general, should check out the CHC listserv. Current membership is n=948...and it would be great to get to n=1000 sometime soon.
Check it out.
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Powered by ScribeFire. | Jews, IQ and Charles Murray
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
Thanks to David Billet for notifying me of the recent exchange between Charles "Bell Curve" Murray and readers of his recent Commentary article - "Jewish Genius." The reader reaction articles can be found by clicking here.
Please note that this is a pass-along FYI post only. I'm not weighing in on either side of these exchanges.
Technorati Tags: psychology, educational psychology, race, intelligence, IQ, IQ scores, Jews, Jewish, genius, [...] | Critical thinking and CHC theory - Guest post by John Garruto
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
The following is a guest post by John Garruto, school psychologist with the Oswego School District and member of the IQs Corner Virtual Community of Scholars. John reviewed the following article and has provided his comments below. [Blog dictator note - John's review is presented "as is" with only a few minor copy edits by the blog dicator
Willingham, D.T. (2007). Critical Thinking: Why Is It So Hard to Teach? American Educator, [...] |
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| Neuroscience and Psychology Blog Carnival: Encephalon #26
If you are interested in neuroscience and psychology, you will enjoy the superb posts at the latest edition of Encephalon blog carnival, hosted by Neurophilosopher in his beautiful new home at ScienceBlogs. Congrats, Mo!
neuroscience and psychology, neuroscience blog, psychology blog | Brain Health through Serious Games
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
Eliane writes a great post estimating the size of the Serious Games Market, building on the overall PriceWaterhouseCoopers report that seemed to indicate that the Global Video Game Market is Set to Explode.
Some quotes
"The overall gaming audience continues to expand and become somewhat more female and older than in the past thanks to casual games and [...] |
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| Drug reduces the impact of traumatic memories
BBC News has a story with the headline 'scientists can erase bad memories', which is, at best, nonsense. What has been found is still an important discovery: a drug given during the recall of a traumatic memory can reduce its long-term emotional impact. The drug is propranolol, a 'beta-blocker' that dampens down the sympathetic nervous system. One of the roles of this system is to prepare the body for 'flight or flight' during stressful situations, by, among [...] | Swarm intelligence and group synchronicity
National Geographic has just published an article on swarm behaviour in animals and how this is being applied to understanding human behaviour and improving complex systems. The article looks at how whole groups of animals seem to have intelligence, while individually they only seem to be able to perform very simple actions. One of the big discoveries in this area is that complex problem solving behaviours can emerge from a group of individuals who each follow simple [...] | Neuropsychology of hypnosis at Dublin science cafe
I shall be giving a talk at the Dublin science cafe on Thursday 12th July on the neuropsychology of hypnosis. Come along if you're in the area and would like to join the discussion. The talk will happen at The Mercantile on Dame Street. We'll kick off at 7.45pm, it's free to attend and everyone is welcome. I'm relatively new to hypnosis research, having started working with a research team investigating the psychology and neuroscience of hypnotisability [...] | Encephalon 26 - one year birthday
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
Issue 26 of psychology and neuroscience writing carnival Encephalon has just been published on the Neurophilosophy blog, returning to where it first started for its first anniversary. It also coincides with the blog joining the ScienceBlogs fraternity and what better way to celebrate its new home. A couple of my favourites include an 1880 article from The New York Times which claims that the right hemisphere of the brain is less developed than the left because babies [...] | Unconscious inspiration
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
I've just found an article from The Psychologist that examines historical accounts of sometimes world-changing ideas which have seemed to arrive during sleep or dreaming. The article looks at inspirational slumber which has inspired everything from sewing machine designs to the theory of relativity. The author, psychologist Josephine Ross, has discovered some great examples. My favourite being from horror writer Stephen King on how the plot for his novel Misery came to him when he fell asleep [...] |
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Mad Pride Month
article by me Why Does the Worldwide Prevalence of Childhood Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Matter? -- Moffitt and Melchior 164 (6): 856 -- Am J Psychiatry Trisha Gura, PhD – Author of Lying in Weight | Links for 2007-07-01 [del.icio.us]
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
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| Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury Video Available
The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center's (DVBIC) documentary, Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury, is now available for viewing on their website. Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury is a 29-minute program, introduced by General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.). It offers an introduction to traumatic brain injury, a health issue affecting at least 1.4 million Americans each year. It features the recovery journeys of several service personnel and their families. Click here for a link to view [...] | Final NABIS Legal Conference Program
The North American Brain Injury Association, (NABIS) an organization for brain injury professionals including attorneys and those involved in providing brain injury rehabilitation is holding their annual conference on September 27-September 29 in San Antonio, Texas. I have been invited to be a guest speaker at each of the legal conferences sponsored by NABIS. This year I have been asked to give the lecture on Opening Statements in Brain Injury Cases. The final brain injury [...] | Acute Hospital Care Following Severe Brain Trauma
The miracles of modern medicine continue to save the lives of more and more individuals who have sustained severe brain injury. How to best manage the care of a patient with severe brain injury involves the intervention of a multiple medical specialties. An article in this month's British Journal of Anesthesia entitled Traumatic Brain Injury: intensive care management discussed the multidisciplinary team led by neurointensivists, neuroanaesthetists, and neurosurgeons. The aim of care is the avoidance [...] | Congress Not Happy With NFL
Following Tuesday's hearing on the practices of the NFL disability plan, the New York Times reports that some members of Congress are considering remedial action. It's been a long time coming, but something must be done to protect players who are continually rejected for long term disability benefits despite clear proof that they sustained a traumatic brain injury while playing in the NFL that has rendered them permanently disabled. Here's what the Times reports based [...] | HBO Documentary: COMA
HBO has announced the broadcast of a new documentary exploring the world of COMA to be aired Tuesady, July 3rd (9:00-10:45 ET/PT). COMA explores the mysteries of the injured brain and its ability to heal. Giving voice to people whose quality of life and very existence have been threatened, the special goes inside a top U.S. medical facility for the treatment of head trauma and follows four coma survivors over the course of a year. [...] |
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23% of employees say they have had sex in the office.
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| Brain Blogging, Twelfth Edition
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
Welcome to the twelfth edition of Brain Blogging - a semi-monthly blog carnival that aims to review posts “related to the brain and mind that go beyond the basic sciences into a more human and multidimensional perspective.” This carnival is part of the Blog Carnival network. Please remember to submit your blog entries using the [...] |
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| More U.S. children suffer chronic health problems
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
"Genetic bases have been described for obesity, asthma and ADHD. Nonetheless, gene pool changes cannot explain the recent dramatic growth of these conditions" By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. children with chronic health problems such as obesity has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public health-care spending, researchers said on Tuesday. More time in front of the television and use of other electronic media, decreased physical [...] |
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| Blowing off steam...
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
Excuse me while I blow off steam at a report in yesterday's New York Times (may require subscription) about the latest terrorist attacks in Britain. The authors casually refer to Britain's 'disenfranchised South Asian population'.
Disenfranchised??? According to my dictionary, 'disenfranchised' means 'deprived of the right to vote', or 'deprived of rights as citizen'. So in what sense, literal or metaphorical, are South Asians in Britain 'disenfranchised'?
Unless they are very young or very recent immigrants, they [...] |
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| Yale Chemists Work On Converting Solar Energy To Fuel
A team of chemists at Yale is working to increase the nation's energy supply through effective use of solar power under the auspices of the US Department of Energy program for basic research on solar energy utilization.
[Media: (B)] | Ablation Procedure Proves Safe, Effective And Fast
Multiple-electrode radiofrequency ablation is a safe and effective way of treating patients with liver cancer that can be completed in less time than current ablation techniques, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
[Media: (B)] | MRI Plus X-ray Mammography Doubles Breast Cancer Detection In Women At High Risk
For women at high risk of breast cancer, use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plus X-ray mammography for screening will detect more breast cancers than mammography alone, a new technology assessment has found.
[Media: (B)] | First Baby Is Born After Oocytes Were Matured In The Lab And Frozen
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
The first baby to be created from an egg that had been matured in the laboratory, frozen, thawed and then fertilized, has been born in Canada. Three other women are pregnant by the same process. The research was presented to the 23rd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology on Monday, July 2.
[Media: (B)] | Scientists Discover Key To Manipulating Fat; Pathway Also Explains Stress-induced Weight Gain
Published: Mon, July 02, 2007
In what they call a "stunning research advance," investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center have been able to use simple, nontoxic chemical injections to add and remove fat in targeted areas on the bodies of laboratory animals. They say the discovery, published online in Nature Medicine on July 1, could revolutionize human cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery and treatment of diseases associated with human obesity.
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