Monthly Archives: May 2016
Post Of The Week – Sunday 29th May, 2016
1) Ethics We have looked at a few ethics questions as part of the revision process. Occasionally, they relate to studies involving children. The rules are clear. Parental consent is needed for children under the age of 16. https://heatst.com/life/new-questions-over-kids-company-brain-experiments/ This article relates to Kids’ Company, a charity which has closed in controversial circumstances. It looks […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 21st May 2016
1) Food Advertising The way in which food is advertised and packaged gets a mention as a factor influencing attitudes to food and a factor influencing obesity. This article suggests that in addition to bans on television advertising, measures need to be taken to restrict billboard advertising and other forms of marketing. https://theconversation.com/advertising-has-the-power-to-make-children-fat-and-this-needs-to-stop-58899 As with […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 15th May 2016
1) John Oliver On Science This is late night American cable TV. Please do not watch this if you are likely to be offended by occasional references to sex and by swearing. It does however say s0me important and intelligent things about how science works and our understanding of it. 2) Rational Choice We have […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 7th May 2016
1) Google And Health Data In thinking about classification and diagnosis during lessons, we have had on the horizon for a while the idea that diagnoses of mental illness will be made on the basis of biomarkers measured via mobile devices. The data these devices generate has to be held somewhere. Stories have emerged this […]
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