Saturday, May 1, 2010
That was quick!
One of my Upcoming Attractions listed in the immediately previous post has already been covered, much more thoroughly and interestingly than I could have accomplished.
I'm an unashamed geek when it comes to information, so one of my favorite sites has always been Mona Johnson's The Tangled Neuron. Granted, I haven't been there in quite awhile. My only excuse is that I haven't been anywhere on the web in quite awhile. After publishing my Upcoming Attractions post I decided to wander over to Mona's site and see what she had to say about the newly "advertised" report mentioned in bullet 7 of my immediately previous post. I was sure she'd have something. Mona is nothing if not up-to-the-minute on cognitive research and typically has more information and more links to more information than anyone else. Turns out, she attended the webcast of the NIH State-of-the-Science Conference in which the report was discussed and has written several posts about the report and other matters covered in the conference. Below are links to all the posts she's written so far, all of which should be considered necessary reading by anyone interested in all manner of cognitive decline [Sometimes I think it would be better to refer to this area of interest and study as "cognitive aberration", since "decline" often allows people to presuppose behaviors that a subject may not be exhibiting...or that people who wouldn't be considered in "cognitive decline" do exhibit; this concern, by the way, is a topic that was also covered in the conference and about which Mona reports. Then, again, "aberration" has its own cross to bear...]. The first link below directs you to her post that covers what I was planning to write about; by the way, read the comments to her posts, as well. They often contain auxiliary information pertinent to the posts:
Later.
I'm an unashamed geek when it comes to information, so one of my favorite sites has always been Mona Johnson's The Tangled Neuron. Granted, I haven't been there in quite awhile. My only excuse is that I haven't been anywhere on the web in quite awhile. After publishing my Upcoming Attractions post I decided to wander over to Mona's site and see what she had to say about the newly "advertised" report mentioned in bullet 7 of my immediately previous post. I was sure she'd have something. Mona is nothing if not up-to-the-minute on cognitive research and typically has more information and more links to more information than anyone else. Turns out, she attended the webcast of the NIH State-of-the-Science Conference in which the report was discussed and has written several posts about the report and other matters covered in the conference. Below are links to all the posts she's written so far, all of which should be considered necessary reading by anyone interested in all manner of cognitive decline [Sometimes I think it would be better to refer to this area of interest and study as "cognitive aberration", since "decline" often allows people to presuppose behaviors that a subject may not be exhibiting...or that people who wouldn't be considered in "cognitive decline" do exhibit; this concern, by the way, is a topic that was also covered in the conference and about which Mona reports. Then, again, "aberration" has its own cross to bear...]. The first link below directs you to her post that covers what I was planning to write about; by the way, read the comments to her posts, as well. They often contain auxiliary information pertinent to the posts:
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference - Draft Consensus
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference - Day 1
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference - Day 2
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference - Public Discussion of Draft Statement
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference - Press Release and Briefing
Later.
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