Dangers of Students Short Attention Spans | LifeZette. by Deirdre Reilly In the above article Deirdre Reilly—pulling from a recent report that appeared in The Telegraph—observes: “The age of smartphones has left humans with such a short attention span that even a goldfish can hold a thought in its mind longer than a human can….” […]
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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
May 24, 2016
QUICK LOOK: Dangers of Students’ Short Attention Spans | LifeZette
Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
May 9, 2016
“The Invention of Science”—What I Learned
Author’s note: I am simulposting this post both at LinkedIn Pulse and at Bowlby Less Traveled. I recently finished reading history professor David Wootton’s 2015 book entitled The Invention of Science—A New History of the Scientific Revolution. In my first career I was a petroleum geologist, so I have a soft spot for the so-called […]
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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
April 21, 2016
QUICK LOOK: ‘Damaged masculinity’ may help explain Columbine and other mass shootings – The Washington Post
‘Damaged masculinity’ may help explain Columbine and other mass shootings – The Washington Post. By Michael S. Rosenwald, April 20, 2016 Washington Post contributor I found this article by Michael Rosenwald to be most revealing. It comes on the 17th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre. Rosenwald went back and found essays written by […]
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April 15, 2016
QUICK LOOK: By age 3 environmental factors like parenting are relevant to the development of self-control
By age 3 environmental factors like parenting are relevant to the development of self-control. Research done at the University of Texas at Arlington Published in Developmental Psychology Effectively here’s new research designed to assess impulse control or the ability to delay gratification in toddlers using the Marshmallow Test protocol, among others. I have blogged about […]
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COMMENT: Brave new era in technology needs new ethics – FT.com
Back in March of 2012 I wrote a post entitled Is There An Objectification Double Standard? In this post I suggested that we as a society tend to condemn athletes who use performance enhancing drugs (i.e., steroids) on the field while at the same time encourage our kids to use performance enhancing drugs (i.e., Ritalin) […]
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