This paper contributes to the literature on conceptual change by engaging in direct empirical comparison of contrasting views. We take up the question of whether naïve physics ideas are coherent or fragmented, building specifically on recent work supporting claims of coherence by Ioannides and Vosniadou (2002). A partial replication of the Ioannides and Vosniadou study resulted in radically dif...

In the recent article by Light et al., the authors identify the substances critical to signaling pain and fatigue in skeletal muscle. The identified substances act on Group III and IV fibers, which are thinly myelinated and unmyelinated, respectively, and correspond to their better known cutaneous counterparts, A and C fibers. Group III and IV afferents, often called thin fiber muscle afferents...

The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service elementary teachers’ metaphors of teaching and literacy and then relate their metaphorical images of literacy to content presented in the reading methods course. Specifically, fifty-two participants generated responses to open-ended statements, “Teaching is. . .” and “Literacy is. . .” Results indicated that the pre-service teachers’ metaphor...

In a recent article, Schmolck, Buffalo, and Squire (2000) investigated memory distortions in college students’ recollections of how they heard the verdict in the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Students were questioned either 15 months or 32 months after the verdict was rendered. Their responses were compared with their own reports 3 days after the verdict. Responses 15 months after the verdict were...

Shi et al. (2021) in “Short-term Western diet intake promotes IL-23-mediated skin and joint inflammation accompanied by changes to the gut microbiota mice” show that (WD) exacerbates an IL-23 minicircle‒mediated model of psoriasis psoriatic arthritis, with expansion IL-17A‒expressing γδ T cells shifts microbial community. WD-associated is mitigated manipulation or antibiotic administration. The...

1. The first paragraph combines “induced abortion and pregnancy loss.” Perhaps the authors mean “pregnancy loss from other causes.” We have changed this accordingly. 2. Methods: 1st sentence analyzes We have changed this accordingly. 3. If as many as 41% of the women have IPV there is the possibility of a ceiling effect, which could actually obscure findings We have measured intimate partner vi...

The texts (and talk) of engineers take different forms. In this essay, I present and critique several texts written for different purposes and audiences but all intended to convey to the reader the technical details of whatever they are about whether a textbook passage describing the fundamental behavior of an electrical component, a journal article about a mathematical technique intended for u...

Using connectionist modelling, Thomas and Karmiloff-Smith claim that developmental disorders in children are characterised by atypical trajectories and an ultimate functional architecture that is fundamentally different from normal. We argue that there is no empirical evidence for these claims in any developmental disorder and that the available evidence provides support for residual normality ...

The texts (and talk) of engineers take different forms. In this essay, I present and critique several texts written for different purposes and audiences but all intended to convey to the reader the technical details of whatever they are about whether a textbook passage describing the fundamental behavior of an electrical component, a journal article about a mathematical technique intended for u...

When we set out to revise the decade-old survey of eyewitness experts (Kassin, Ellsworth, & Smith, 1989), we did so for the explicit purpose of updating prior estimates of expert opinion so as to “encourage expert testimony that more accurately reflects the consensus of opinions within the scientific community” (Kassin, Tubb, Hosch, & Memon, May 2001, p. 405). The goal was not to weigh in on th...