Wednesday, 28 March 2012

C’mon sisters! Speak out!

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When I give a talk, I like to allow time for questions. It’s not just a matter of politeness to the audience, though that is a factor. ...
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Tuesday, 20 March 2012

The REF: a monster that sucks time and money from academic institutions

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I’ve long had a pretty cynical attitude towards the periodic exercises for rating research activities of UK higher education institution...
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Sunday, 11 March 2012

A letter to Nick Clegg from an ex Liberal Democrat

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Dear Nick Clegg Yesterday I tweeted to see if anyone following #LDConf could tell me what the party stood for. It was a serious questio...
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Saturday, 10 March 2012

Blogging in the service of science

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In my last blogpost , I made some critical comments about a paper that was published in 2003 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
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Monday, 5 March 2012

Time for neuroimaging (and PNAS) to clean up its act

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© www.CartoonStock.com There are rumblings in the jungle of neuroscience. There’s been a recent spate of high-profile papers that hav...
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Friday, 24 February 2012

Neuroscientific interventions for dyslexia: red flags

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I’m often asked for my views about interventions for dyslexia and related disorders. In recent years there has been a proliferation of int...
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Sunday, 29 January 2012

2011 Orwellian Prize for Journalistic Misrepresentation

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© www.CartoonStock.com So the time has come round for the announcement of the 2011 Orwellian Prize . The prize is given for an article...
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Monday, 23 January 2012

Psychoanalytic treatment for autism: Interviews with French analysts

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Last week a French documentary called “Le Mur” attracted attention in the New York Times . Plans to screen the film later this week in Ph...
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