Sayings of Robert Hutchison

A hand list of the writings of Sir Robert Hutchison.

Sir Robert Hutchison has written and lectured and published books*, some in the best-seller class, for over 50 years. After working in chemistry and physiology and making some interesting researches into the thyroid gland, his arrival in London and in clinical medicine gave him the opportunity for which his qualities best suited him-of teaching. From the days in 1896 when in the residents' quar...

Reply to Hutchison and Loomis

the perceived distance to a target is influenced by the effort required to walk to its location. Hutchison and Loomis (H&L) reported an experiment that failed to find a significant influence of effort on indices of apparent distance. There were numerous important differences between the design and methods of H&L’s study and those of Proffitt et al. Moreover, there are important theoretical reas...

The Power of Proverbs: Dissonance Reduction through Common Sayings

After reading a detailed account of a serious mistake in which a similar-age other went against personal values or a prior commitment, undergraduates rated their feelings of dissonance (regret, hypocrisy, and stupidity) had they been in the actor's place. Relative to a control condition, reading relevant proverbs such as "everybody makes mistakes" or "live and learn" significantly reduced feeli...

"The little red book"--sayings of chairman Brennan.

T A a w N t p o t e f i d t w g t k n d m b i l h a ood Morning. First, let me say what an honor it is to articipate in this Festschrift for Murray Brennan. Not nly is he a phenomenal mentor and role model for me, but feel privileged to have him as a friend. In my remarks, I have summarized 10 characteristics of a reat leader like Murray Brennan and I will link them to ommon expressions that Mu...

Mastering the jazz standard: sayings and doings of artistic valuation