New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
The “Golden Age” of Behavior Genetics? Evan CharneyThe search for genetic variants responsible for the presumed heritability of human behavior
Tag : Methodology
New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
The Structure of Systematicity in the BrainRandall C. O’Reilly, Charan Ranganath, and Jacob L. RussinA hallmark of human intelligence is the
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The tidbits of May
Love the local papers… One of the great joys of being a 21st century genealogist is sitting there, at 3 a.m., in your bunny slippers, and finding
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A matter of local law
Remember the mantra! Okay, fans of The Legal Genealogist, here’s your pop quiz for today. What’s the mantra around these parts? Yep, you know it.
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Maps: Visualizing Ancestral Migrations
To understand our ancestors’ movements and decisions, sometimes consulting a map can clear up confusion. I have a simple example from my own
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About that mama’s age
Was she really that young? A reader wasn’t quite convinced it wasn’t a typo. He’d read the post about The Legal Genealogist‘s maternal line,
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Judging the records
Find the judge, find the court It was a fairly typical post that landed in The Legal Genealogist‘s Facebook feed, a day or two or three ago. A
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Indigenous Research Methods: Another Reading List
I thought it was time to share more of the books from my shelves. As with my previous post on this topic, this post is a reflection of my personal
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Indigenous Research Methods: Another Reading List
I thought it was time to share more of the books from my shelves. As with my previous post on this topic, this post is a reflection of my personal
The Truth About Citing Your Sources for Genealogy
Do you know you NEED to cite your sources for genealogy? Well, now you do. But there's a subtle truth people miss about this. The Truth About Source
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Who took the tally?
Noting the census takers It’s right there in the best practices of the field of genealogy. The guidance that so many of us overlook, especially
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When the law is wrong
Official typos It’s right there, in one of the most important laws ever passed by the early Virginia state legislature. Just nine years after the
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On the perils of embedded experiments
There is growing interest in ‘embedded experiments’, conducted by researchers and policymakers as a team. Aside from their potential scale, the
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On St. Patrick’s Day…
Did ads for workers really say that? It’s March 17 here in the United States. It is, of course, St. Patrick’s Day. When, according to the memes
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The clues in official bonds
About the best FAN Club evidence ever… Reader Diane George ran into an issue that many genealogists encounter when looking at records of our