Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most recent diagnostic label for children and adolescents who present with attention, impulse control, and overactivity problems. Children and adolescents with ADHD are commonly referred to family physicians, pediatricians, pediatric neurologists, and child psychiatrists and psychologists. The attention-deficit category has become increasin...

ing religious values and organized religious systems, primarily because of Freud's (1) critical writing about religion. In spite of the contributions of a distinguished group of psychoanalysts [Chasseguet-Smirgel (2), Meissner (3), Ostow (4), Rizzuto (5), Zilboorg (6), and others] whose writings pointed to the compatibility of religious convictions and the psychoanalytic identity, I believe it ...

As personified in jokers, fools, and clowns, humour is an integral part of human history [44]. Humour can lighten what might otherwise be dull, tense, or tedious situations. Common definitions of humour emphasize "amusement" and "laughter," implying some form of benign diversion. But recent research suggests that jokes are not "events" that are funny or harmful as such. Rather, joking entails a...

Two experiments concerning humor in teaching and learning in higher education are presented. The first study used relevant humor in a one-semester statistics course in an experimental group and no humor in a control group. One hundred sixty-one students participated, and the results showed significant differences between the two groups in favor of the group learning with humor. No significant s...

This article begins with an analysis of Questia’s online collection of digitized books and articles. Although the collection is not found to be a strong one, Questia’s strength lies in its ability to utilize the digital format to overcome many of the barriers and inconsistencies that undergraduate students encounter in a traditional brick-and-mortar academic library. Librarians can learn a lot ...

This article reports results of two user studies of search engine use conducted to evaluate the United Kingdom’s national academic sector digital information services and projects. The results presented here focus on student searching behavior and show that commercial Internet search engines dominate students’ information-seeking strategy. Forty-five percent of students use Google as their firs...