Does Our Well-Being Decrease When We Value High Materialistic Aspirations or When We Attain Them?

Does our speech change when we cannot gesture?

Do people speak differently when they cannot use their hands? Previous studies have suggested that speech becomes less fluent and more monotonous when speakers cannot gesture, but the evidence for this claim remains inconclusive. The present study attempts to find support for this claim in a production experiment in which speakers had to give addressees instructions on how to tie a tie; half of...

Complementary Strategies : Why we use our hands when we think

College Student Retention: When Do We Losing Them?

One of the long term goals of any college or university is increasing the student retention. The negative impact of student dropout are clear to students, parents, universities and society. The positive effect of decreasing studentattrition is also self-evident including higher chance of having a better career and higher standard of life for college graduate. In view of these reasons, directors...

Extubation Algorithms : Why , where and when do we need them ?

Algorithms are becoming increasingly popular as a standardized approach to difficult and unique problems. Many resources have been spent on searching for a perfect algorithm for difficult intubations. In this issue, Voscopoulos et al. have proposed in this article an algorithm of extubation in the operating room after a difficult intubation. In this editorial we will first concentrate on the ne...

When Do We Stop Calling Them Mirror Neurons?

The discovery of mirror neurons in the 1990s has led to much excitement in the cognitive neurosciences. After the initial discovery more and more abilities have been attributed to these neurons. As mirror neurons are commonly viewed as vehicles of representation, we analyze the increasingly wider representational role mirror neurons play and argue for a principled distinction between mirror and...