Here’s this weeks’s Simple-Logic Essay Competition. In clear simple sentences, describe the chain of logic for this academic paper: “Correction for van Honk et al., ‘Testosterone administration impairs cognitive empathy in women depending on second-to-fourth digit ratio‘” [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jun 17] COMPETITION RULE: Your simple, clear explanation must be […]
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Mothers are Easily Worried
This study addresses the question “Are mothers easily worried?”: “Mothers are Easily Worried,” Cynthia M. Illingworth and Ronald S. Illingworth, Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 59, no. 4, April 1984, pp. 380-4. The authors, at Children’s Hospital in Sheffield, UK, explain: “Mothers are easily worried and this cannot always be avoided. But mothers are […]
Relative Finger Length and Age at First Marriage in Semi-Nomadic People
Here’s further evidence that Relative Finger Length sheds light on practically everything: “The Second to Fourth Digit Ratio and Age at First Marriage in Semi-Nomadic People from Namibia,” Piotr Sorokowski, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Dariusz Danel, Mara L. Mberira and Leszek Pokrywka, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Volume 41, Number 3, 2012, pp. 703-710.
Stanley Finger’s “Phantom Penis: Historical Dimensions”
Stanley Finger presents: “Phantom Penis: Historical Dimensions,” Nicholas J. Wade and Stanley Finger, Journal of the History of the Neurosciences: Basic and Clinical Perspectives, Volume 19, Issue 4, 2010. The authors, at the University of Dundee, Scotland and Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA explain: “We here present several early reports on phantom penile sensations, […]