TO THE EDITOR: Mysteries remain unresolved if the approach is misconceived. In this Viewpoint (3) alveoli are considered as structures sui generis—but they are not. Alveoli are rather air pockets within the ingenious architecture of a fiber continuum designed to expose capillary networks over a large surface to air refreshed from alveolar ducts (4). This fiber continuum spans from the periphera...

The purpose of the abstract is to summarize in lessthan 200 words all important parts of the research pro-posal.The abstract should:» describe the general objective of the study (justifi-cation);» define the central hypothesis;» describe the site and population to be studied;» summarize the total time and budget necessary tocarry out the research.

each of which has been attributed to inattention, have been vigorously investigated in the last several years. One of the questions that has arisen in connection with all of them is whether they are failures of perception or memory, and this question is raised by Moore in this symposium. In her commentary she argues, in opposition to the claim made in Inattentional Blindness (Mack & Rock, 1998)...

Guide to Community Preventive Services: Systematic Reviews and Evidence-Based Recommendations: Prevention of skin cancer by reducing exposure to UV light through educational and policy approaches oriented to health care settings and providers. Centers for Disease Control, Community Guide Branch Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview /mmwrhtml/rr5215a1.htm. Updated October 14, 2003. Acces...

Let me express my deep thanks to the contributors for taking the time to read my book, Mind in Life, and for writing their thoughtful commentaries, from which I have learned a great deal. Special thanks are due to Tobias Schlicht, whose hard work and dedication made this volume possible. In what follows, I will respond singly to each contributor (in alphabetical order) and do my best to address...

Ruz and Lupiáñez have provided a comprehensive review of the attentional capture research and we agree with their conclusion that attentional capture is automatic by default, but can be modulated by endogenous factors. One such endogenous factor is an attentional control setting, whereby topdown processes largely determine what type of visual events will capture attention. As noted by Ruz and L...

The issue of whether people can change their sexual orientation has been obscured by moral controversy ever since homosexual orientation was “constructed” in the late nineteenth century (Bancroft, 1989, 1994). On the one hand, any evidence that such change has occurred has been used by those who condemn homosexuality as evidence of its “acquired” nature which, they would argue, is consistent wi...