1 Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn University, AL 36849, [email protected] 2 Associate Professor, Auburn University, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn University, AL 36849, [email protected] 3 Professor, Auburn University, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn University, AL 36849, [email protected] 4 Project Leader, U.S. Forest Service, 521 Devall Drive, Auburn University,...

To investigate the behavioral effects of different vehicles microinjected into the dorsal periaqueductal grey (DPAG) of male Wistar rats, weighing 200-250 g, tested in the elevated plus maze, animals were implanted with cannulas aimed at this structure. One week after surgery the animals received microinjections into the DPAG of 0.9% (w/v) saline, 10% (v/v) dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), 2% (v/v) T...

Duncan et al. (2007) presented a new methodology for identifying kindergarten readiness factors and quantifying their importance by determining which of children's developing skills measured around kindergarten entrance would predict later reading and math achievement. This article extends Duncan et al.'s work to identify kindergarten readiness factors with 6 longitudinal data sets. Their resul...

It is commonly held that knowledge is of distinctive value to us. The goal of this paper is to unpack and examine a possible defence of this claima defence which is at least implicit in recent work by some virtue epistemologiststo the effect that knowledge is distinctively valuable because, qua cognitive achievement, it has final value. 1. THE VALUE PROBLEM It is widely thought that knowledge...