The same mistakes

Concurrent Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum: two manifestations of the same disease or the same spectrum?

Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum are rarely seen together. Herein, we report a case of concurrent Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum and review previous cases.

Mending the Methodological Mistakes

Preparation of this chapter was supported by National Science Foundation Grant no. 1024293 and a grant from the Brady Education Foundation awarded to ASL, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship awarded to EDS. Play is too often in the American crosshairs, with those who claim it is a waste of time on the one hand and those who claim it is crucially important to developme...

Teaching by Intervention: Working Backwards, Undoing Mistakes, or Correcting Mistakes?

When teaching, people often intentionally intervene on a learner while it is acting. For instance, a dog owner might move the dog so it eats out of the right bowl, or a coach might intervene while a tennis player is practicing to teach a skill. How do people teach by intervention? And how do these strategies interact with learning mechanisms? Here, we examine one global and two local strategies...

Avoiding the mistakes of the past.

Learning from Others' Mistakes

One often hears the lament that medical care in India lags behind that of developed countries. At times, however, one cannot help but feel that in some ways this is a blessing in disguise, because by the time a particular method of treatment gets accepted and adopted in India, we also have knowledge of its various short-comings. If such information is appropriately made use of, it should enable...