Spafticus - Slashdot User

+ - Just thinking women are nearby makes men dumber-> 0

Submitted by Spafticus on Friday March 16, 2012 @05:51PM

Spafticus (2015632) writes "A study from Radboud University in the Netherlands suggests that men start faltering and exhibit a decline in mental performance as soon as they anticipate interacting with women. Interestingly, though, women face no such problems"
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Comment: A funny picture is worth 1000 Bush jokes (Score 5, Funny) 386

by Spafticus on Friday October 21, 2011 @03:35PM (#37797296) Attached to: US Troops To Leave Iraq By End of Year

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/718/e901619124c2411380500fc.jpg/

+ - Battling Bad Science-> 0

Submitted by Spafticus on Thursday September 29, 2011 @11:50AM

Spafticus (2015632) writes ""Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they're right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical industry""
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Comment: Control? (Score 1) 48

by Spafticus on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @08:51AM (#37525312) Attached to: Developer Seeks FDA Approval For Therapeutic Game

What's the control condition?

Comment: Re:Technology... (Score 1) 614

by Spafticus on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @10:10AM (#37190802) Attached to: More Schools Go To 4-Day Week To Cut Costs

What about a incorporating a program like this: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html as a supplement?