Virginia Ruth Brown

4 June 2001 − Ruth

STYLES OF RATIONALITY Ruth

By whatever general principles and mechanisms animal behavior is governed, human behavior control rides piggyback on top of the same or very similar mechanisms. We have reflexes. We can be conditioned. The movements that make up our smaller actions are mostly caught up in perception-action cycles following perceived Gibsonian affordances. Still, without doubt there are levels of behavior contro...

Hardwood tree growth after eight years on brown and gray mine soils in west virginia.

Surface coal mining in Appalachia disturbs hundreds of hectares of land every year with the removal of valuable and ecologically diverse eastern deciduous forests. After the passage of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act in 1977, coal mine operators began planting a variety of grasses and legumes as a fast and economical way to reestablish a permanent vegetative cover to meet erosion...

Nutrient concentrations in tree leaves on brown and gray reclaimed mine soils in West Virginia.

Surface mining in Appalachia disrupts large areas of forested land. Federal and state laws require disturbed lands be reclaimed by re-constructing the landscape and replacing soil materials to provide a rooting medium. If insufficient quantities of native topsoil are available, substitute materials derived from the overburden may be used as soil media. This study examined soil and foliar nutrie...

Ruth Y . Litovsky and Tom C

[PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , August 1, 2005; 94 (2): 979-989. J Neurophysiol B. J. Mickey and J. C. Middlebrooks Sensitivity of Auditory Cortical Neurons to the Locations of Leading and Lagging Sounds [PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , October 1, 2005; 94 (4): 2263-2274. J Neurophysiol J. Zhang, K. T. Nakamoto and L. M. Kitzes Auditory Cortex Modulation of Level Response Areas and Stimulus Se...