Comes now (or came in 2010, anyway), an only partial explanation of a phenomenon: “Why do we move our eyes while trying to remember? The relationship between non-visual gaze patterns and memory,” Dragana Micic, Howard Ehrlichman and Rebecca Chen, Brain and Cognition, 2010 Dec;74(3):210-24. The authors, at City University of New York (CUNY), report: “reasons […]
mudDNA — new jargon for old junk
A reporter asked me if there’s a single good name for all the kinds of DNA that are still not well understood — the grab bag of stuff that some people describe as “junk DNA”. Here’s what I suggested. Maybe it’s useful. Maybe it’s not. Name: “murkily understood DNA” Abbreviation: mudDNA Pronunciation: “mud DNA” or […]
Credentials quiz: Ph.D, M.MENSA, FRICS, etc.
Presumably a person’s professional credentials are important. This quiz will help you gauge how well you recognize and understand the importance of credentials. THE QUIZ QUESTION: How many of this person’s credentials — which are presented here in traditional abbreviated form — can you name in their full, unabbreviated form? Firas A Zaki, PhD M.MENSA,FRICS,PQS,PMP,RMP,SP,CCE,PSP,EVP […]
Hawaiian shirts under the spotlight of rubbish theory
Question: Are Hawaiian shirts ‘rubbish’? For answers, see: ‘From Kitsch to Chic: The Transformation of Hawaiian Shirt Aesthetics’ Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 2003 21: 75. In which professor Marcia A. Morgado (Apparel Product Design & Merchandising, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Hawai‘i) explains : “An analysis of the transformation of the […]