The umbrella-term ‘executive functions’ (EF) includes various domain-general, goal-directed cognitive abilities responsible for behavioral self-regulation. influential unity and diversity model of EF posits the existence three correlated yet separable executive domains: inhibition, shifting updating. These domains may be influenced by factors such as socioeconomic status (SES) culture, possibly...

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A videographic study of origami is presented in which subjects were observed making four different origami objects under five modes of instruction: photos + captions, illustrations-only, illustrations with small captions, illustrations with large captions, and text-only as control. The objective of the study was to explore the gestures and other actions that subjects produce as they try to foll...

Michelle Aldrich (left) As VAlerie corrAl of WAMM writes out a dosing regimen for using cannabis oil as a treatment for lung cancer. Aldrich’s remarkable first-person story starts on page 18. continued on page 15 By Fred Gardner Increasing numbers of people have been using Cannabis “oil” —plant extracts consisting of 50% or more THC and/ or CBD— to treat conditions ranging from mild rashes to p...