The 1991 Budget and Tertiary Education: Promises, Promises...

Promises, promises.

In the target article I argued that cognitive neuropsychologists have increasingly deviated from the original goals and methods of the subject. In this reply to the commentators, I argue that future progress using neuropsychological approaches to understanding behaviour is most likely to be made by the use of converging sources of evidence that are garnered by an interdisciplinary methodology. ...

Promises, promises.

It’s easy to think that there is no problem facing medicine that information technology can’t solve. Experience in the US gives little reason for optimism. Huge investments havemostly failed to solve old problems and have created new ones. US doctors report spending two hours on computer tasks for every hour with patients (doi:10.7326/M16-0961). Poor usability and limited interoperability of el...

Promises, promises for neuroscience and law

Stunning technical advances in the ability to image the human brain have provoked excited speculation about the application of neuroscience to other fields. The 'promise' of neuroscience for law has been touted with particular enthusiasm. Here, we contend that this promise elides fundamental conceptual issues that limit the usefulness of neuroscience for law. Recommendations for overcoming thes...

Electronic medical records--promises, promises!

The promises and illusions of virtual academic education

1. On the functional polyvalence and generalized adaptiveness of digital media .............................................. 1 2. On the intrinsic conservatism and polymorphism of modern academic institutions ....................................... 3 3. The widening spectrum of alternative teaching and learning tools as a source of intra-academic heterogeneity, decentralization and informaliza...