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| Neuroethology in Vancouver [A Blog Around The Clock] |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 5:53 pm |
| Tags: Animal Behavior |
| of complexity reduction in behavioral control Roy Ritzmann: Movement through complex terrains by insects and robots Jack Gray: Complex behavior from compact systems Leslie Griffith: Sex and the single fly: Pheromone-mediated learning Sarah Dunlop: Recovery of function after CNS and PNS injury Leslie Vosshall: Molecular neuroethology of |
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| Girl CraZy |
| Published: March 28, 2006, 8:57 am |
| Tags: Behavior |
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| Neurodiversity's Ten Autism Commandments |
| Published: July 14, 2007, 5:35 am |
| Tags: Neurodiversity, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Laurent Mottron, Autism Disorder, Curebie, Lovaas, Autism Awareness, Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism Every Day |
| child by exposure to Applied Behavior Analysis or any other such evidence based effective autism interventions with which Satan, or Lovaas, may tempt ye.6. Thou shall speak no evil, make negative comments or say bad stuff of autism.7. Thou shall have no researchers before Mottron and Gernsbacher unless they conduct experiments in such a way as |
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| The Promise & Challenge of Behavior Targeting (& Two Prerequisites) |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 3:53 am |
| Tags: Analytics, Customer Satisfaction, Leadership, Marketing Tips, Voice Of Customer, Web Analytics, Web Metrics, Advanced Analytics, Web Insights, Usability, Search Engine Marketing, Behavior Marketing, Behavioral Targeting, Doubleclick, Kefta, Onsite Targeting, Tacoda, Touch |
| hear a segment about “behavior marketing”. NPR covers everything of course but for some reason it was surprising to hear of the current technology cool thing on NPR! Now that NPR has covered this I feel I am late to the party!! Behavior targeting has been the news a lot recently. The old story for BT was about targeting ads, though |
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| If I Don't Get Caught Have I Broken the Law? |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 12:31 pm |
| Tags: Community Enforcement, Community Moderation, Community Standards, Communityenforcement, Communitymoderation, Communitystandards, Online Behavior, Onlinebehavior, Terms Of Service, Termsofservice, Tos |
| then let us know; but, bad behavior by others is no excuse for our own. Q. "Why do you allow this garbage to be posted?" A. We do not and cannot (on principle and for legal reasons) preview all user-generated content before it 'goes live' on the service. We cannot prevent people from behaving badly. All we can do is try to stop the behavior |
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| Who are you to judge what is good parenting? [A Blog Around The Clock] |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Animal Behavior |
| There is a new study this week about an unusual reproductive strategy in a bird, the Penduline Tit, which, if anthropomorphized, would appear to be an example of some really bad, deceptive parenting. But, Anne-Marie and Kate demonstrate the proper way to think about this. Obligatory Readings of the Day. Read the comments on this post... |
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| How to keep kids in bed till wakeup time |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 9:00 am |
| Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, Behavior, Habitat, Learning, Sleep Yours Theirs |
| Father-to-be Keith has already started filing away parent hacks for future use! This one is sure to come in handy for these crazily early summer sunrises: To keep their little ones in bed until an appropriate time, some friends of ours have taped a cutout of the number "6" next to the hour-digit(s) of the clock on the night |
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| Some birds clean hippos, some birds clean trees [A Blog Around The Clock] |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 5:54 pm |
| Tags: Animal Behavior |
| The textbook example of commensalism was always the interaction between trees and the birds who make nests in those trees - it was always assumed that the birds gain from this relationships, while the trees are not in any way affected by it. Now, a new study came out, demonstrating (for the first time, as far as I know - is that correct?), that |
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| Determine your Asperger's quotient [Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge] |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 5:12 pm |
| Tags: Brains Behavior |
| The most interesting thing about Asperger's syndrome is that its "discover" decided he had it and named it after himself, which he might have done even if not "suffering" from this "disorder." Maybe. Asperger's, like too many other mental illnesses, is in effect an almost whimsical diagnosis of exclusion: If someone is really smart, arrogant |
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| Marketing's Memory Molecule |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 7:59 am |
| Tags: Advertising, Creativity, Marketing, Blogs, Branding, Creative, Consumer Behavior |
| Advertising often uses emotional response to make a point, and a memory. Some new research indicates that an ad that makes you mad may be just as good at making memories as one that provokes a positive response. Here’s the rest of that story. |
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| Liberal Artists - Pure Moral Decay |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 12:01 am |
| Tags: Lifestyle, Liberal Media, Indecent Behavior |
| Dear Friends, we all know that liberals are disgusting, America hating, cowards, but the worst of them are the liberal “artists”. There is nothing too filthy for them to sell it as “art”. May it be dog-feces with little American flags, may it be used toilet paper or even used tampons. Is this art? For liberals it is. |
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| "This Little Piggy," the extended version |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 11:52 am |
| Tags: 0 01yrs Infant, 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Behavior, Fun Toys |
| Duane's kids get extra tickle time with a song that never gets old (for them, at least): You know, "this little piggy went to market" gets to be a pretty boring game for everybody but the baby. Wanna bet? My two older girls are 3 and 5, and I can still get them going with an epic This Little Piggy storyline. I just |
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| Marketing ROI Workshop Reflections: Onsite Resourcing & Behavior Variables |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 3:39 am |
| Tags: Analytics, Customer Satisfaction, Marketing Tips, Voice Of Customer, Web Analytics, Web Metrics, Web Insights, Usability, Search Engine Marketing, Behavior Variables, Behaviour Targeting, Multivariate Testing, Omniture, Online Offline Marketing Spend, Touch Clarity, Tou |
| done that? Consider onsite behavior targeting to dynamically optimize customer experience on your website. Imagine if you could produce content targeted at people who meet certain Site Behavior or Environment or Temporal or Referral variables, a good BT system can help you deliver it in a scalable manner. Maybe that is too many action items |
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| Complaint.TV - A Nightmare Waiting To Happen |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 8:30 am |
| Tags: Public Relations, Social Media, Blogs, Journalism, Media, Media Relations, Consumer Behavior |
| Complaint.TV says it offers consumers an avenue into local TV station newsrooms. If you - Mr. or Mrs. Consumer - have a beef against some company, Complaint.TV wants to know. The service will then get your story in front of editors. Unscrupulous businesses - I’ll wager - are already gleefully searching for dissatisfied customers of their |
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| Model Behavior: Falling Out Of (High) Fashion |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 6:15 pm |
| Tags: Clips, Model Behavior, Models, Top, Youtube |
| newVideoPlayer("fallingmodels_gawker.flv", 475, 376);We dare you to watch the above clip and not laugh. It's a reel of runway models falling, over and over again (with a sound bite from "runway diva... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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