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Walk for autism
My daughter Karla has autism and loves to support causes involved in Autism. In San Luis Obispo, this year marked the 5th event and the turnout was fantastic! To all who participated, Karla and I say “thank you!”
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readings in psychology for 31 january 2013 @PsychScience
Here is what I am reading today: students in need of vocabulary lessons “Vocabulary instruction in the early years is not challenging enough to prepare students for long-term reading comprehension, argues a study led by a Michigan State University education researcher.” what happens to female mice exposed to BPA “Female Read more…
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readings in psychology for 19 january 2013 @PsychScience
Here is what I am reading today: gene variants in autism discovered “Genetics researchers have identified 25 additional copy number variations (CNVs)—missing or duplicated stretches of DNA—that occur in some patients with autism. These CNVs, say the researchers, are “high impact”: although individually rare, each has a strong effect Read more…
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readings for 18 May 2012 #aps2012
Here is what I am reading today!: Java drinkers live longer? “One of life’s simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers Read more…
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readings in psychology for 26 april 2012 #western psychological association
Here is what I am reading today: response to gaze “It’s sort of conventional folk wisdom, if someone in a crowd starts staring at something, soon someone else will too. Eventually the whole crowd will start staring, even if they don’t know what they are supposed to be looking at. Read more…