Expanding Our Research Horizons

Preface: Expanding Our Mental Horizons

Cognitive science aims to understand the nature of the mind. Yet the mind has many facets, and this fact has led to the evolution of different disciplines that study if from distinct perspectives. The challenge of cognitive science is to bring together the theories, phenomena, and techniques of its component areas, including artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, education, linguistics,...

Expanding horizons in ergonomics research

Ergonomics, the use of scientific thinking in the design of products and of working environments, has undergone three major waves of research innovations and applications. The first owed a great deal to Paul Fitts, who was a member of the generation of scientists coming to maturity during World War II. Below I have labeled it with the name Human Performance, which he gave to the basic science t...

Expanding Our Horizons in Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Research and Practice

Many different types of modeling and simulation (M&S) applications, consisting of a combination of software, hardware, and humanware, are used in dozens of disciplines under diverse objectives including acquisition, analysis, education, entertainment, research, and training. Certification of sufficient accuracy of an M&S application by conducting verification, validation, and accreditation (VV&...

Expanding horizons

Colchicine--expanding horizons.

To say that the once very limited indications for colchicine have undergone a subtle but definite and dramatic change in recent years would not be an overstatement. This old drug, which has been known for centuries, was used for relieving and preventing acute attacks of gouty arthritis for over 200 years, but until recently, no other clinical uses had been established. The 1985 edition of Good-...