We Can’t Win This on Our Own

Do we own our bodies?

How we perceive our own retina

Ever since the days of René Descartes, in the seventeenth century, the search for the relationship between subjective perception and neural activity has been an ongoing challenge. In neuroscience, an approach to the problem via the visual system has produced a paradigm using perceptual suppression, changing with time. Cortical areas in which the neural activity was modulated in temporal correla...

Ageism: we are our own worst enemy.

In 1969, Butler (1969) first coined the term "ageism" to confront "prejudice by one age group toward other age groups" (pp. 243). As with other "isms," such as racism and sexism, ageism leads to bigotry and discrimination, though it is a very distinct beast in that, for the most part, other "isms" refer to those different from ourselves: distinct, mutually exclusive, and impervious groups. Conv...

Citing practices in ecology: can we believe our own words?

Peer-reviewed articles are the foundation of modern ecological science. An essential component of most ecology papers is a clear, well-crafted argument that builds upon the existing research base within the subject area in question and substantiates important assumptions, technical information and opinions by accurately identifying (i.e. citing) the source material. Despite the central role of ...

Can We Become Victims of Our Own Success?

T he last 5 years seem to have marked a transition in the history of diabetes care. Whereas for two decades we have preached the importance of good glycemic control to manage the risk of diabetes associated complications, the truth of the matter is that rarely did patients with diabetes achieve target A1C levels Ͻ7%. As reported in Diabetes Care in 20008 in an analysis of the National Health an...