Neuroscience
There's a PBS show tonight (Wed., Jan 5) called Do You Speak American? which is a 3-hour program about linguistic differences across the US, by Robert MacNeil.
The PBS web site is chock full of good stuff, including transcripts of all three hours, at http://www.pbs.org/speak/transcripts/. There's also an educator's site about the program, which might be interesting to some of you: http://www.pbs.org/speak/education/. I will buy the companion book for Hampshire's collection.
- Evolution For Everyone!
Have you heard about David Sloan Wilson's new book Evolution for everyone : how Darwin's theory can change the way we think about our lives ? I saw him speak at Hampshire back in February, and he was great. Natalie Angier reviewed the book in...
- Linguistics & Reference Questions
Interesting article in the May 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology on linguistics & answering reference questions. Hampshire doesn't have access to the full-text online, but you can read the citation...
- Site Of The Week
In the "tooting our own horn" department, comes the Hampshire Library's Site of the Week. The sites are not necessarily related to Cognitive Science, but definitely interesting -- and are chosen weekly by Hampshire librarians. Take a look at the past...
- New Books, Jan 21
Arab mass media : newspapers, radio, and television in Arab politics; by Rugh, William A.. publisher: Praeger, 2004. for more info. Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking; by Malcolm Gladwell. publisher: Little, Brown, 2005. for more info....
- Paid Summer Internships With The Apa Minority Fellowship Program!
APA Minority Fellowship Program Internship Positions Available From $13.00/hour The American Psychological Association’s Minority Fellowship Program is looking for bright, organized, hardworking, and motivated individuals to work in our office full-time...
Neuroscience
Linguistics on PBS!
There's a PBS show tonight (Wed., Jan 5) called Do You Speak American? which is a 3-hour program about linguistic differences across the US, by Robert MacNeil.
The PBS web site is chock full of good stuff, including transcripts of all three hours, at http://www.pbs.org/speak/transcripts/. There's also an educator's site about the program, which might be interesting to some of you: http://www.pbs.org/speak/education/. I will buy the companion book for Hampshire's collection.
- Evolution For Everyone!
Have you heard about David Sloan Wilson's new book Evolution for everyone : how Darwin's theory can change the way we think about our lives ? I saw him speak at Hampshire back in February, and he was great. Natalie Angier reviewed the book in...
- Linguistics & Reference Questions
Interesting article in the May 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology on linguistics & answering reference questions. Hampshire doesn't have access to the full-text online, but you can read the citation...
- Site Of The Week
In the "tooting our own horn" department, comes the Hampshire Library's Site of the Week. The sites are not necessarily related to Cognitive Science, but definitely interesting -- and are chosen weekly by Hampshire librarians. Take a look at the past...
- New Books, Jan 21
Arab mass media : newspapers, radio, and television in Arab politics; by Rugh, William A.. publisher: Praeger, 2004. for more info. Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking; by Malcolm Gladwell. publisher: Little, Brown, 2005. for more info....
- Paid Summer Internships With The Apa Minority Fellowship Program!
APA Minority Fellowship Program Internship Positions Available From $13.00/hour The American Psychological Association’s Minority Fellowship Program is looking for bright, organized, hardworking, and motivated individuals to work in our office full-time...