The Shoes You Wear

Do you get value for money when you buy an expensive pair of running shoes?

OBJECTIVE This investigation aims to determine if more expensive running shoes provide better cushioning of plantar pressure and are more comfortable than low-cost alternatives from the same brand. METHODS Three pairs of running shoes were purchased from three different manufacturers at three different price ranges: low (40-45 pounds), medium (60-65 pounds) and high (70-75 pounds). Plantar pr...

Don't Wear Your New Shoes (Yet): Taking the Right Steps to Become a Successful Principal Investigator

1 Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 2 Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre, The Netherlands, 3 Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, 4 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 5 Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 6 Structura...

You Are What You Wear: An Interactive Demonstration of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

This article presents evidence in support of an interactive classroom activity that demonstrates the self-fulfilling prophecy. After a brief description of the topic, 5 volunteers from an introductory psychology course of 81 students blindly donned one of several labeled hats (i.e., intelligent, attractive, good leader, annoying, lazy). The instructor told volunteers to treat each other in acco...

"I'm Man Enough: Are You?": The Queer (Im)Possibilities of Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

"I'm Man Enough; Are You?": The Queer (Im)possibilities of Walk A Mile In Her Shoes

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is a staple national program that engages college males in sexual violence prevention on many college campuses. In this manuscript, I use queer theory and crip theory—a conceptual framework that merges queer and critical disability theory—to explore both the positive outcomes and potential harm done in the production and implementation of this event. I conclude the manu...