I'm rather certain that I posted this to the list before. Julie Hagelin also has a book chapter about olfaction in birds. I've spoken with her at length about...
Jay: "First, we have to define what we mean by stress. There are many ways to define this concept. I'll name a few that I find useful. First, psychologically...
Here is the complete article I mentioned in my previous post. This one adresses a larger audience, but I posted it here because it does give an overview. Later...
I can't say I've heard this from ethologists, considering many of them identified these bird species with great olfactory abilities (e.g., tubenoses birds,...
James Kohl: John Money's perspective on many (but not all) things has been made somewhat irrelevant due to a huge error that may involve at least some...
Maarten, I have a question regarding the use of the term "adaptive" in the piece you posted. You said, "The first mode, known as automatic, is at the same time...
Jay, You turn inherited reproductive function into "sexually reproducing" and compare what I've tried to get you to read (my mammalian model) to something John...
Simon, There's also recent work on non-human primates (see the 2 quotes below), which is consistent with my representation of a mammalian model. Snowdon CT,...
I do not know how many people read my piece on laughter and humor; A new perspective on laughter and humor, but it is very much concerned with the nature and...
Jay, I'll give you a response more or less from scratch. If it turns out to be a major issue, I'd have to take more time to check my references, which I can't...
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/2008summer/Fiske351.html Greater Good Volume V, Issue 1: Summer 2008 Look Twice Susan T. Fiske Most people think...
In recent issue of Cerebral Cortx Male-to-Female Transsexuals Show Sex-Atypical Hypothalamus Activation When Smelling Odorous Steroids H. Berglund1, P....
Psychoneuroendocrinology Article in Press, Corrected Proof - Note to users Working memory for emotional facial expressions: Role of the estrogen in young women...
Increased GnRH pulse frequency also leads to higher than average concentrations of male and female sex hormones. A more frequent pulse is typically associated...
James Kohl: You turn inherited reproductive function into "sexually reproducing" and compare what I've tried to get you to read (my mammalian model) to...
Nothing is mentioned about proximate causes (e.g., plural). This group merely took the next step in their examination of genetically predisposed sexual...
Maarten, In situations that are relatively simple and/or familiar the behaviors of animals in their natural environments are almost always adaptive. The term...
Jay, thank for updating me about the "bagage" of the word adaptive, and more generally, for the constructive spirit of your responses. I have yet another...
Dear list I presume that most of you are familiar with Stephen Porges "Polyvagal Theory". If not his site is well worth a visit and relevant for the topics...
This sort of research is hopelessly awry because it ignores by far the greatest source of prejuduce: 'policing' males. This is well researched now -- see...
Maarten: Jay, thank for updating me about the "baggage" of the word adaptive, and more generally, for the constructive spirit of your responses. I have yet...
LOVE: AN EMERGENT PROPERTY OF THE MAMMALIAN AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM Stephen W. Porges Psychoneuroendocrinology, Vol. 23, No. 8, pp. 837 - 861, 1998 The...
Maarten: Given my interest in touch ("hands-on" work on the fascia and "tender points"), movement and intention-movements in psychotherapy, I would love to get...
Hi James, I know the Snowdon lab work very well and we met 10-12 years ago when he visited Dal. We had much to talk about considering that callitrichids and...
For clarity' sake, let me add that I mostly teach patients - how to touch themselves in exposure sessions, - and where (tender points mostly, known as AhShi...
I just lookd up the data on Therapeutic Touch, and have to admit that these don't look nearly as good as I had read previously they looked. Sorry for this, I'm...
Jay: The pre-frontal cortex evolved for planning action (behavior). As long as the sum of what was planned was more adaptive than maladaptive, it would have...