Are you addicted to your “crackberry”?

Do you Recommend an Interdisciplinary Field to Your Graduate Student?

Have Your Parents Ever Complained That They Think You are “Addicted” to Video Games? Have You Ever Worried about it Yourself?

The American Psychiatric Association examined the scientific studies and concluded that there is sufficient evidence to worry about video games becoming addictive for some people. They were not entirely sure from the studies whether it matters if the game is online or not, or whether people might also become addicted to other Internet activities (like Facebook), so they decided to call the prob...

How confident are you in your study?

‘How many participants do I need for my study?’ During many years of providing statistical support to clinical researchers, this has been one of the most frequently asked questions. It is posed by medical students preparing dissertation projects through to seasoned professors preparing major grant proposals. The repetition of this question can be frustrating, but does at least indicate that the...

If You Yoyo Are You on Your Own?

In an article entitled "The YOYO theory: YOu're on Your Own" published in Paper Magazine in February 2002, David Hershovits describes the ethic of rugged individualism espoused by airline pilots in the wake of the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001. The acronym YOYO (for You're On Your Own) had formerly been reserved for the case in which an air traffic controller bid a pilot adieu as he left...

Are You Responsible for Your Hormones?