Christopher Jesen-Butler 1945/2006

Jessica Alber , Christopher Butler , Nelson Cowan and Sergio Della Sala Brief Wakeful Resting Boosts New Memories Over the Long Term

A brief wakeful rest after new verbal learning enhances memory for several minutes. In the research reported here, we explored the possibility of extending this rest-induced memory enhancement over much longer periods. Participants were presented with two stories; one story was followed by a 10-min period of wakeful resting, and the other was followed by a 10-min period during which participant...

Butler, A

South Africa, LGBT Issues in South Africa has undergone significant sociopolitical transformation in the last six decades, from the “legal” adoption of apartheid in 1948 to the first democratic election in 1994, and a new constitution two years later. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in South Africa is at the forefront of constitutional and sociopolitical reform. Num...

Christopher Love

12.091 Medical Geology/Geochemistry: Element Report IAP 2006, 01/30/2006 Christopher Love Introduction If you have ever looked carefully at your commercial container of salt sitting in the cupboard, then you have noticed that it is iodized. Have you ever wondered what that means, or why it is mentioned? The simple answer to these questions is that a form of the element, iodine, is added to the ...

ButlerBot: The Robotic Butler

ButlerBot is a robotic butler created to cater to people’s questions at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) 2003 conference and to escort people to desired destinations. The three main areas of research focused on in ButlerBot, the Stony Brook Robot Design Team’s new robot created for the American Association of Artificial Intelligence's (AAAI) Robot Host compe...

Christopher Elliott