Nowadays, academic journals of high standing rarely accept a conceptual idea in paper not instantly accompanied by econometric estimates. The would almost certainly get rejected. Empirical validation based on past statistical data has produced an unfortunate backward orientation economics. While one can learn from the past, this approach fails when underlying conditions strongly change. suggest...

This is a short poem reflecting on the physician's commitment to abstain from killing.

The role of phonological infonnation in English word identification and the activation pattern of phonological and associative dimensions were investigated with a backward-masking paradigm. Mask type (graphemic, homophonic, associative, unrelated word control, and nonletter #-baseline) and target exposure duration were manipulated. Graphemic and homophonic but not associative masks influenced t...