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This looks to me like a pretty well-designed research study. It is what they call a “meta-analysis,” which means the authors put together studies other people have done and analyzed the lot of them, in that process which poetess Anne Sexton touched me a long time ago by calling “that awful rowing toward truth.”

Truth is hard to find and I basically believe in the scientific process that tries to get to it. Read more on This Bit About Girls And STEM…

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I am surprised how many patients who have just turned 18 come and tell me at our first meeting: “School isn’t for me.” I try to ask why they have made the devastating decision to limit schooling. When they are willing to explore with me, the answer almost always comes down to the same thing.

“I can’t remember what I read.” Read more on How To Remember What You Read…

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The intersection of law and medicine can be a real sticky wicket.

Most people have heard of someone being “not guilty by reason of insanity” and most people know that some defendants might be found incompetent to stand trial.

But the processes are sometimes vague and often confusing – especially to the lay audience. Read more on Mentally Retarded But Comptetent To Stand Trial…

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