by jmalouff | Dec 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
A recent survey of Americans asked which words they find most annoying. Can you guess any of the top three words? I couldn’t. I would guess various curse words and insulting terms, but I would be wrong — I suspect those weren’t options in the survey....
by jmalouff | Dec 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
I just read an excellent article about guns and suicide: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2013/12/gun_ownership_causes_higher_suicide_rates_study_shows.html. According to the article, research shows that guns and suicidal urges are a lethal...
by jmalouff | Dec 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
A UN Committee on the Rights of the Child just issued a report calling on Australia to ban parents from subjecting their children to corporal punishment. The Prime Minister responded by saying he had “chastised” his children at times and does not want...
by jmalouff | Dec 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Here is something surprising: Many studies show that individuals understand and remember material better if they read it on paper than on a screen. I just read about this research in the November issue of Scientific America. The implications for instructors and...
by jmalouff | Dec 6, 2013 | Health-related behavior
I like this song: “Mammas don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys.” I have my own version: Mammas don’t let your babies grow up to be hockey players. Or boxers, or wrestlers, or football or rugby players. Why not? The unacceptable risk of...