Negative false memories are more easily implanted in children's minds than neutral ones (2)
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Children develop false memories for a negative event more readily than they do for a neutral one. Henry Otgaar and colleagues, who made the new finding, said their work has real world implications for anyone working with child witnesses: "The argument that is sometimes heard in court - i.e. this memory report must be true because it describes such a horrible event - is, as our data show, on shaky grounds."Seventy-six children aged between seven ...
Please, Please, Please (2)
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If only this were right. Ru9dy! Giul11ani would be an even better choice than Mittens! I especially like this logic:- Might put NY in enough play to make Obama spend a lot of money there. Oh, yes, absolutely, just like a gay marriage decision that would be unpopular in Alabama will definitely put California in play. I sincerely advise the GOP to not only pick Rudy! but to pour tons of money into New York. ...
U.S. Elections: Obama and McCain Start Sharing in Google Reader (19)
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Google today announced that it has signed up the Obama and McCain campaigns to share blog posts and news items they read on Google Reader. This program, called Power Readers in Politics also includes items shared by a number of high-profile journalists. While neither Google nor the campaigns pretend that the candidates themselves do any of the sharing (McCain doesn't know how to use a computer, after all), this is an interesting experiment and might ...
The Real Veepstakes (4)
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Like everyone else in DC, I’m pondering the so-called “Veepstakes” — Evan Bayh? Joe Biden? Jack Reed? Sebelius? — except unlike a lot of people I’m having a hard time developing really strong opinions about it. Which reminds me of one pretty strongly-held opinion of mine: We should eliminate the office of the Vice Presidency. When you think about it, it’s exceedingly odd. The Vice President has no formal role in the conduct of government ...
Doctors heart trial lawyers (2)
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Doctors: Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety. Top doctors who run one of the most influential U.S. medical journals are giving the U.S. Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case. Lawsuits can serve as "a vital deterrent" and protect consumers if drug companies do not disclose risks to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before it approves medicines for use, the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine said in a friend-of-the-court ...
