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on Oct 13, 2005

The other day I was buying a shirt for myself, and because mine is a popular size, I often encounter the “donut hole” in the selection, namely that my size is in short supply. I rummaged at length and found my size at the very bottom of the pile. Just at that moment, my eye […]

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on Oct 5, 2005

Last week the discussion was about a service delivery model of neurofeedback that allows access by those who most need it, namely the poor. Most neurofeedback clinicians probably have no contact with the poor at all, so that message may not resonate, least of all as a way to sustain a practice. But the model […]

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on Sep 29, 2005

It was back in 1968 that Garrett Hardin published his famous piece, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” in Science (162, pp 1243-1248, Dec. 13, 1968, American Association for the Advancement of Science). The example of over-grazing of lands held in common was given as an exemplar of a universal truth, namely that assets held in […]

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on Sep 22, 2005

Frank Deits and his wife Mary happened to be driving through the Denver area at the time of the conference, so they came to the exhibit hall and made their rounds. Frank has a new pacemaker installed, and thereby hangs a tale. Fortunately I have not yet had reason to become acquainted with the jargon […]

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on Sep 15, 2005

This year’s ISNR Conference was the best attended, and membership is bumping up to 700. The organization is doing well when more than half of the membership shows up for the annual meeting. The exhibit hall reflected the creativity that continues to flourish in this field. One cannot imagine this conference without it. Instrumentation development […]

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on Sep 8, 2005

With all of the disagreements outstanding in this field, the least we can do is clear the semantic hurdles that may stand in the way of synthesis. One issue that is still outstanding, but can easily be dispatched, concerns how we think about inhibits. In the past I have variously contrasted Sue’s largely reward-based training […]