Cursing the darkness

Memories of Punishment for Cursing

Researchers do not know how parents respond to children’s cursing or what effect parents’ responses have on children later in life. We conducted two studies with college students: a content analysis of 47 personal narratives of childhood cursing and an item analysis of a 70-item questionnaire administered to 211 students. Contrary to gender differences found in previous narrative and cursing re...

A cursing brain? The histories of Tourette syndrome

must give Freud the benefit of the doubt-and extend this seemingly temporary charitable act indefinitely" (p. 112). One may well ask whether such charity is to be considered the hallmark of any good reading, or, if not, why it is only Freud to whom it is due, as often appears to be the case. In conclusion, anyone interested in the history of psychoanalysis and the cultural location of psychoana...

Fighting through the darkness.

flexibility and self-direction but also its daunting stress levels, has been both a blessing and a burden in my battle with depression. Depression, in turn, has not made it any easier to meet the challenges of academic life. I am fortunate to work in a department and at an institution that see younger faculty members as individuals to be invested in and supported. But the cost of depression to ...

Melatonin―the Hormone of Darkness

Into Darkness

Visual navigation of mobile robots has become a core capability that enables many interesting applications from planetary exploration to self-driving cars. While systems built on passive cameras have been shown to be robust in well-lit scenes, they cannot handle the range of conditions associated with a full diurnal cycle. Lidar, which is fairly invariant to ambient lighting conditions, offers ...