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Subject: Re: From Master's to PhD's
Date: 14 Oct 92 22:42:00 GMT
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In the program at U.C. Davis, the department does not give
a Master's degree--only the Ph.D. is given (tho' the
university will give you one after so many credits and
after passing your qualifiers).  Folks who come in with a
Master's thesis don't have to do something called the
"First Year Project" (which no one does in their first year
and which is basically a Master's thesis).  And they may be
waived a few courses, esp. stats, but other than that--as
in Elizabeth's program, they have to take all the same
courses, etc. as those who come in with B.A.'s.
--Kathy Morgan
kmorgan@wheatnma.bitnet
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From:         Sooyoung Chung <SNU00271@KRSNUCC1.BITNET>
Subject:      e-mail address of Dr.McGinty at UCLA

Hi! I'm Sooyoung at SNU in Korea.

I'd like to find out e-mail address of Dr.Dannis J. McGinty
at UCLA.  He is professor in the department of psychology and
also in the interdisciplinary neuroscience course at UCLA.
I'd be greatly pleased if you let me know about it.  Thanks.

- Sooyoung Chung at snu00271@krsnucc1.bitnet
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From:         "Walter M. Lakey" <psy9wml@CABELL.VCU.EDU>
Subject:      how come no mail?

Hi all,
       have had no mail for several days from psycgrad...tried don's
thank you message to listserv, but the 'you're welcome' never came
back. Have i offended the cybergod? Is this the ultimate flame? Am i
forever condemned to talking to myself on wordperfect?

walter
psy9wml@cabell.vcu.edu

--
From: jdbecker@ACS.UCALGARY.CA
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Subject: Re: hippocampus
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Margaret, I appreciate your interest and hopefully I can answer
your questions.

First of all let me say that my understanding of the pharmacology
and physiology of the hippocampus (however limited it is!) is
greater than my understanding of the behavior of the rat. B. Kolb
and I. Whishaw (U of Lethbridge) have done extensive work on the
behavior of the rat. Nonetheless, a lesion to the hippocampus
would be expected to produce a deficit in learning and/or memory.
For example, you could teach a rat a water maze or some such
thing and then lesion the hippocampus. One would predict that the
lesioned rats would do far worse on whatever learning/memory task
you put to them in comparison to controls (if you want a
reference write to me again and I'll get you one, but I'm just
writing this off the top of my head, so to speak).

As for your second question, our administration of noradrenergic
agents is primarily concerned with the effect they have on theta
as recorded from the hippocampus. But Detomidine (an alpha2
adrenergic agonist) when given to rats results in sedation. This
is to be expected since Detomidine is used by veterinarians as an
anaesthetic. I can't recall if adrenergic antagonists result in
hyperexcitability, but again we primarily use these agents for
their effects they produce on theta.

When recording from our rats we get a EEG record which is
produced on paper and tape. The recording on tape is analyzed by
computer (there are software programs that do this, ours is
called LABVIEW). We take samples of the record during behaviors
we are interested in (i.e. walking, moving, still, etc) and the
computer performs a mathematical analysis of the waveform (of
which I don't want to delve into the specifics since I will probably only
succeed in displaying my ignorance). The final product is termed
a Power-Spectral analysis; the power refers to amplitude (dB) and
the spectral refers to frequency (Hz). Thus the graph is one of
amplitude as a function of frequency - that is, we can see which
frequency is most prominent in our sample (it shows up as a peak
relative to the other frequencies). With these amplitude and
frequency measures we can compare baseline to manipulation and
perform statistical analysis on the data and derive some general
conclusions.

I hope that I answered your questions, if I haven't or if you
have any other questions please do not hesitate to write to me by
either a posting or directly (jdbecker@acs.ucalgary.ca).

Oh ya, almost forgot! Unfortunately I will not be attending the
Neuroscience conference in Anaheim... maybe next year. But my
supervisor (Dr. Bob Sainsbury) and another graduate student of
his (Lisa Partlo) are. If you have any questions regarding
hippocampal theta you can ask them there if you can find them.

Jason Becker (Behavioral Neuroscience Research Group, U of Calgary)
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From:         MaryAnne Murray <murray@SEATTLEU.EDU>
Subject:      MPD Conference

The 9th International Conference
on Multiple Personality & Dissociative States

Special Emphasis: Treatment & Healthcare Issues for Dissociative
Disorders in the 1990s

November 11-15, 1992
The Drake Hotel
Chicago, Illinois

Co-sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
and held in conjunction with the 9th annual meeting of
The International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality &
Dissociation

The "Scientific Program" of this conference begins Friday morning,
November 13 and continues through mid-day Sunday, November 15. The
registration fee for the conference is $250 ($150 for students who
provide letters from their Department Chairs).

There are also pre-conference workshops and mini-workshops during the
conference which are offered at additional charge.

For more information, you may e-mail me directly and I can tell you
more of what is in the brochure.

MaryAnne
murray@sumax.seattleu.edu
From: PSYGRDDEC@ORION.DEPAUL.EDU (CASE ELIZABETH)
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Subject: Masters degrees
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:22:00 GMT
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From what I understand, the given reason for why all students must take
the same classes is because classes are different at different schools.
A class in psychopathology at one school is likely to be quite different
from that at another school, for example.  They want to make sure that
all students coming out of their school with a PhD have the same training.
That's what they say, anyway.  Another reason may be that the Master's
degree is in a different area, i.e., the Masters may be in counselling,
but you're applying for a clinical PhD.  The requirements are different
for a counselling and clinical Masters, and they may want you to have the
requirements of a clinical Masters.  I don't know, these are just guesses.

BTW, most Masters Theses are accepted in our program, as long as they
fulfill the requirements of a Thesis done at our school (ie, has to be
an experiment, not just a research paper)

Elizabeth
psygrddec@orion.depaul.edu
From: bq276@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Seese)
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Subject: BBS in Ottawa
Date: 9 Oct 1992 12:58:39 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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I will be in Ottawa Oct. 12-16 for the conference on multimedia.
If anyone know the number of a local BBS that allows me access
to this system, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could post that
number, as well as any relevent information regarding access, etc

PS  If you're going to be at the conference, look me up.
-- 

Michael Seese
Cleveland, OH (and darned happy to be here)
From: joppa@PSYCH.PURDUE.EDU ((Margaret Joppa))
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Subject: Re: answer to "Who are you?"
Date: 14 Oct 92 21:53:55 GMT
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regarding the plight of behavioral neuroscientists, ie, needing to be a jack
of all trades, I couldn't agree more, Dev.  I would just like to add that
the methodology used to study the brain and behavior can be very complicated.
When I first started in grad school, fresh from my BS in psych, my major prof
had me trying to inject fluorescent dye through a micropipette into a single
neuron under the microscope.  It is hell, the tissue prep., the sectioning of
the brain, manipulating the pipette and tissue on the microscope stage, all with
the fluorescent dye fading in the light... It's no wonder it takes so long
for neuroscience students to finish their research.  And it's only going to
get harder.  The trend seems to be towards cellular biology.  It is a
constant frustration to me that what we really want to understand, behavior,
gets neglected in all this methodology.
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From:         Euiyeob Jeong <89207031@KRSNUCC1.BITNET>
Subject:      about suicide

I am a senior majoring in psychology at Seoul National University. Sooyoung tol
d me this system. Although I am in undergradute course I expct you to read this
 letter and answer to me.
  My concern is suicide. There are many phrases to distinguish human being from
 other creatures. Rational, Emotional......     I want to add another one. A be
ing who is able to kill himself. Have you ever heared a dog which took suicide
because of his bad situation ? or any other creatures?
    These days I am fleeling I am one of the human. That is I'm suffering from
the thought suicide. This has grown since a few years ago. It has simple but po
werful logic. Up to now I can't defeat this thought. It(the thought) is a horri
ble creature created by myself.
 LOGIC. It's very hard thing for me to live. I have no interest in my  life.
Then why do I have to live in this world? Furthermore I'll die in the long run.
Is there any reason for which that I have to continue my life? No. Then what's
the choice left to me?
  I have not yet overcome this and nowadays the creature is around me. It's wai
ting a chance to attack me. I'm on the edge of falling down to the long sleep.
I know this creature is what I made but I can't rememer how to get rid of me.
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Date:         Thu, 8 Oct 1992 08:24:15 -0500
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From:         20SSMITH@GALLUA.BITNET
Subject:      Re: about suicide

Euiyeob,

Your feelings are very serious and should not be taken lightly as
discussion for this network of psychology graduate students.  You
should get professional help immediately.  Your school probably has
a counseling center or clinic that can give you some support and
provide the type of professional help you need.  PLEASE don't
wait, go now and ask someone, anyone, a teacher, another student
in your program, it doesn't matter who, just get the phone number
of the place on your campus that can give you some immediate assistance.

Wishing you peace, courage and strength
Sybil
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Date:         Thu, 15 Oct 1992 20:41:56 MDT
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From:         jdbecker@ACS.UCALGARY.CA
Subject:      Re: Hello!

We are using a textbook called DESIGNING EXPERIMENTS AND
ANALYZING DATA - Maxwell & Delaney. It is a graduate level
statistics text which uses a model comparisons approach to ANOVA,
etc. It has a good intuitive sense to it which makes it a little
easier to read compared to traditional approaches to ANOVA, etc.

Jason Becker (Behavioral Neuroscience Research Group, U of Calgary)
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Date:         Fri, 16 Oct 1992 10:48:44 -0400
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From:         HESSJX@UNCG.BITNET
Subject:      Re: to neuropsycgradders

Ray,
I really do like the car example and all the additions that have been made to
it as well.  With regard to my cognitive faculty member, he is known to have
little sympathy for those of us who are involved in neural mechanisms.  I
made a comment about his interest in process vs. my interest in mechanism, and
he was quick to point out that he also is interested in the mechanism of memory-
   -just not anything neural in nature.  In all fairness to him, I'm still not s
   urethat I understand his position entirely.  He claims to not be opposed to n
   euro-
science in psychology, yet says that good neuroscientist would never make the
claim that what they do is important for cognitive psychology. Anyway, perhaps
part of my problem here is that Neuro is not even an interdisiciplinary program
here it is a subdiscipline of psychology which means that I was forced to take
a year of Cognitive Psych. as a core requirement with this person.  At the same
time, I cannot get credit for a course in computer/electronic interfacing to
apply towards my degree.  It is much more important for me to understand inter-
facing than a very theoretically based cognitive--Not that I think theories of
cognition are not important for neuroscience, they are often the starting point
for a quest of neural mechanism to explain the behavioral phenomena.  I just
think it is crucial that I understand how to control the microdriver through
the computer as well.
Jennifer
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From:         James Canaday <CANADAY@UKANVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Experimental Opportunity?

The U.S. presidential candidates' debate tonight presents a wonderful
opportunity for new research on brain function.
    It occurred to me that with all the expertise concentrated at Washington
University, the site of tonight's debate, that PET scans ought to be
performed during the debate.  It could determine the active brain
centers which the candidates would engage during debating.  It might also
serve to identify particular  areas associated with particular topics.
This experiment with N=3 could also serve to test the hypothesis that brain
centers are involved at all in political discourse and campaigning.
jc
From: RICHINSP@CWU.BITNET (Philip Richins, Continuing Education, CWU,
              (509) 963-1504)
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Subject: Re: Multicultural Counseling
Date: 13 Oct 92 23:06:00 GMT
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Check the work by Scott Richards and A. Begin of BYU.  They address this
area of study.
Philip
RICHINSP@CWU.BITNET
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From:         "(Eric Zorrilla)" <zorrilla@CATTELL.PSYCH.UPENN.EDU>
Subject:      Us "Phsyiological" Folk

I'll chip in my .02 worth with Ray and Monika.  According to the list of
list of sub-field specializations, I am "clinical."  How undescriptive can
you get?  I found it amusing that there were 5 or 6 "experimental psycholo-
gists."  I suppose that implies that everyone else is a "non-experimental
psychologist."  In any event, I guess my point is to take those labels as
simply that -- heuristically based attempts to organize some info but which
probably create a host of problems of their own.  I am "clinical", but I am
also "physiological", "experimental", "cognitive" and, yes, even a smidgen
"social."

What are your specific research interests with regards to the brain, hormones
and behavior?

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From:         "(Julie Marie Williams)" <jmw1@ST-ANDREWS.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Hello!

Susan,

It was interesting to read your introductory message.  I just have one
 question-have I misunderstood you, or have I a lack of understanding of your
 system, or am I just thick? - how can someone who graduated in 1991 be a
 PROFESSOR?
Maybe when you say "prof" you have a different meaning from over here, or maybe
you term "becoming a professor" as "graduating"; could you please explain?
Over here this would be totally impossible; professor isa the highest position
you can get, and usually takes at least 20 years to attain!!
Unless the person in question has a secret they'd like to share with me?!
I'd be interested to hear the explanation for this; it must indicate a cross-
cultural difference in terminology, or something!!

All the best,

Julie
St Andrews
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Subject: functional "madness"
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	This goes back to what I was saying yesterday about MPD being
functional and didn't this functionality also apply to many other mental
disorders (so-called)?
	Mike,
	    Yes, of course I've read Laing and Szasz and altho' I
disagree with much of Szasz' ideology and think that Laing was "slightly
mad" himself (!), on the whole I agree with their general premises. I
also subscribe to a certain Foucaultian school of thinking about it all.

	What I was hoping to elicit was a discussion of this point. Or
is it too passe in the nineties? Do clinical psychologists still think
that anyone espousing this p.o.v. is a raving lefty nutter, or is it a
respected question remaining unsolved (and largely unanswered)? I'm
trying to be deliberately provocative if anyone out there is interested
in chatting about this....?


Cathy in Exeter, UK.
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From:         "Gerri Oppedisano (8-863-7225)" <gerri@WATSON.IBM.COM>
Subject: Who are you? (Alan Meade's survey)

   > Location
   >
   > 3 Unspecified
   > 1 Ontario
   > 1 Israel
   > 1 Australia
   > 1 Alberta
** > 5 NY
   > 4 IL
   > 3 PA
   ... etc

So who are the other 4 New Yorkers? (-:
gerri
From: FRESCO@UNC.BITNET (David M. Fresco)
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Subject: Re: HIV Knowledge and Attitudinal instrument (adolescents)
Date: 15 Oct 92 04:19:00 GMT
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Brad,
In an unrelated matter to my reply of Kenn's post, I was speaking with
the Director of UNC's Social Program and she was showing me a measure
on AIDS attitudes, awareness, etc. for a college age population.
Perhaps some of my node-mates know more and/or I can find out more about
it myslef.
David Fresco
UNC-Chapel Hill
GO BRAVES (Er, Sorry Brad)
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From:         "Kenneth V. White" <kwhite@WAM.UMD.EDU>
Subject:      Reply to Jennifer's "Who are you" thoughts...

>I am interested
>to know if people like Kenn @ Univ of Md who are in true neuroscience programs
>have at least a more sympathetic audience.

Actually, I'm not sure excactly how "true" our program is here at College
Park, but I think it's wonderful nevertheless.  I think one reason why
I do enjoy it so is because it's probably _not_ a "true" program.

See, the "Neurosciences Department" here actually isn't.  It's really
a cooperative program, whose students and faculty come from several
departments across campus.  It's very much an interdisciplinary major.
Students studying "Neurosciences" here come from the departments of
Psychology, Hearing and Speech Sciences (where our neurolinguists reside),
Zoology, Philosophy, Linguistics, Computer Science, Engineering (Robotics)
and Child Development (which has a kiddie neuropsych. specialization).
In order to major in Neurosciences, you have to double major in
an area represented by a participating department.

The neat thing is that the required year-long seminar forces students
to learn a lexicon previously completely foreign to them (like dysarthria,
NMDA, ERP, semantic nets, PDP, etc.).  Okay, okay, so many of these
may be old standbys to some of you guys, but imagine if you were
an enginnering or philosophy student....  :)

So, I would say the audience here is sort of forced to be sympathetic
(though hardly uncritical) to my fellow students.  To all future
faculty members out there, I only posted this to make a point.
In higher education, occassionally some administrative responses to
emerging trends actually work.  I'm very happy with the results here!

Kenn
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