A look at the design of a TV experiment in New York that attempted to use four TV broadcast hours for creation of a video civilization. (Author)

Describes an experiment in which atomic diffusion in a solid is accompanied by a color change. (MLH)

The concentration of the primary brain metabolite of norepinephrine is diminished in the lumbar spinal fluid of patients with Korsakoff's syndrome. The extent of its reduction is correlated with measures of memory impairment. (BB)

This paper holds that children should participate in research only under conditions of adequately informed consent, that parents must be fully informed about research procedures and purposes, but that parental consent is a sufficient condition only for children without adequate capacity for informed choice. (Author)

The extent to which subjects showing relatively high amounts of categorical clustering recalled more words than subjects showing relatively low amounts of clustering was investigated in three free-recall experiments with categorized lists. (Editor)

Describes the chemistry exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Aimed at teaching the public the basic principles of chemistry, the museum features numerous video displays as well as several do-it-yourself experiments. (JN)

A homemade device for testing particle scattering is described. Also described are experiments in zero gravity conducted in free fall in the cargo space of an airplane belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (JN)

Describes a carefully integrated presentation of visuals, demonstrations, stage magic, and music used to familiarize laypersons as well as students with the applications and fascination of modern chemistry. Suggests that this approach can be used by others for classroom and/or public-oriented ventures. (JN)

Failure is frequently the end point of laboratory exercises in physiological psychology that involve stereotaxic surgery by inexperienced students. Lab instructors should caution students to pursue the potential location of misplaced brain lesions using a variety of simple behavioral tests and the Thompson stereotaxic atlas. (Author/RM)

Attempts to determine how far orthodox concept attainment tasks are representative of corresponding real-world activity. (Author/RK)

A report on the National Bureau of Standards is presented. It provides national measurement standards for some 40 physical quantities related through the laws of physics to the basic six - length, time, mass, temperature, electric current, and luminous intensity. (DF)

Report on the results of an experiment conducted in various university-level linguistics and English courses on the choice between whoever'' and whomever'' in the sentence, The teacher gave a prize to whoever/whomever he thought was the best student.'' (RS)

Describes the brief but educationally significant communitarian social experiment at New Harmony, Indiana, from 1825 to 1828. (Author/MB)