Mostly True Confessions: Joint Meaning-Making about the Thesis Journey

The True Meaning of Time

It is now well over 30 years since my conclusion that ‘time’ does not exist. Since my renewed interest in relativity in 2003, when a ‘revelation’ about time simply explained the validity of my conclusion of about 25 years before, it has become apparent that time is not a well understood concept in physics. It is hoped that this essay will provide some clarity in the midst of what appears to be ...

Investigating true and false confessions within a novel experimental paradigm.

The primary goal of the current study was to develop a novel experimental paradigm with which to study the influence of psychologically based interrogation techniques on the likelihood of true and false confessions. The paradigm involves guilty and innocent participants being accused of intentionally breaking an experimental rule, or "cheating." In the first demonstration of this paradigm, we e...

The true meaning of personalized medicine.

I am not my genome. You cannot understand my desires or preferences, the trajectory of my life, nor my plans for the future from my DNA. Yes, in time more of what will be offered to treat me with will be shaped by my molecular biology, and for that I am profoundly thankful. But personalized medicine is not defined in the base pairs of my double helix, nor in the methylation pattern of my epigen...

Making Sense of My Thesis: Master’s Level Thesis Writing as Constellation of Joint Activities

Modeling the influence of investigator bias on the elicitation of true and false confessions.

The aim of this study was to model various social and cognitive processes believed to be associated with true and false confessions by exploring the link between investigative biases and what occurs in the interrogation room. Using the Russano et al. (Psychol Sci 16:481-486, 2005) paradigm, this study explored how perceptions of guilt influenced the frequency and type of interrogation tactics u...