How Does Language Change Perception: A Cautionary Note

How Does Language Change Perception: A Cautionary Note

The relationship of language, perception, and action has been the focus of recent studies exploring the representation of conceptual knowledge. A substantial literature has emerged, providing ample demonstrations of the intimate relationship between language and perception. The appropriate characterization of these interactions remains an important challenge. Recent evidence involving visual se...

Linking Adult Second Language Learning and Diachronic Change: A Cautionary Note

Surrogate outcomes: a cautionary note.

See related article, pages 1353–1358. Drug development for acute stroke treatments is complex, very expensive, very time-consuming, and frequently disappointing. Surrogate outcome theory states that new therapies for stroke could be evaluated with smaller sample sizes than are required when traditional functional outcome measures are used by using surrogate outcomes in clinical trials. This wou...

Tamper Resistance — a Cautionary Note

An increasing number of systems, from pay-TV to electronic purses, rely on the tamper resistance of smartcards and other security processors. We describe a number of attacks on such systems — some old, some new and some that are simply little known outside the chip testing community. We conclude that trusting tamper resistance is problematic; smartcards are broken routinely, and even a device t...

Psychogenic syncope? A cautionary note.

INTRODUCTION In some patients with recurrent syncope, the etiology may remain unclear despite extensive evaluation. These patients may sometimes be labeled as having a "psychogenic" cause for their syncope. METHODS We report on three patients with recurrent unexplained syncope (despite extensive evaluation) who were labeled as having a psychogenic cause for their events. In each patient follo...