All Along the Aqueduct

knew-it-all-along effect

1854 People often have difficulty retrospectively determining the level of knowledge they had prior to acquiring new knowledge (e.g., Fischhoff, 1975; Hasher, Attig, & Alba, 1981; Wood, 1978). Fischhoff (1977) coined the phrase knew-it-all-along (KIA) effect to describe this phenomenon, although it also is commonly referred to as hindsight bias. In a typical KIA paradigm, participants respond t...

What bio technologists knew all along...?

Qualitative, trial-and-error methods designed to increase the flux to desirable biotechnological products have led to new technologies and vast improvements in existing ones. However, these methods now appear in many cases to have approached their limit. In addition, there is a strong feeling in industry that much of the recent boom in academic knowledge of biochemistry and molecular biology pa...

"Can't we all just get along?

Enlarged cochlear aqueduct.

Enlargement of the cochlear aqueduct is a controversial topic, with experienced investigators doubting its existence because of a lack of published cases. We describe the CT appearance of an enlarged cochlear aqueduct in a patient with advanced congenital inner ear anomalies and congenital hearing loss. The intent of this article is to present the CT appearance of a presumably enlarged cochlear...

Aqueduct stenosis and schizophrenia.

Three patients with hydrocephalus and aqueduct stenosis are described, who also have schizophrenia defined according to strict diagnostic criteria. There are no previous reports of such an association.