I think it depends whether the article is in your field of research or
not. Whenevr Nsci did articles on my field of research, it usuall
contained nothing much I didn't already know, so no need to go chasing.
Also, you knew exactly who everyone was, and whose opinioons were worth
listening to - "Will X change the way we view Y" - no, not if it's Dr Z
saying it...
Sorry to be a bit cynical.
Kat
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Hi Jennifer,
Recently I found a New Scientist old article on Joe Griffin and 'human
givens' by Barbara Kiser (New Scientist, April 12th 2003). I found it
because I was looking at 'interview techniques' but became interested in
the content as I was reading it. I then did a pubmed search on Griffin
to see how his methods were validated. Surprisingly I was not able to
find anything. The article only quotes his website.
Perhaps I was looking in the wrong place, but I think it should not be
difficult to find the results if the techniques have been clinically
validated. Surely it is not too much to ask that someone who is going
to 'revolutionise' treatment for depression has published some
peer-reviewed work. New Scientist is taken seriously by non-scientists
and publication of this interview has validated the work to them. I'm
not so sure though and a bit disapointed with New Scientist.
Hope this helps,
Julie Webb
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Subject: [PSCI-COM] Does New Scientist help scientists?
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:39:43 +0000
A quick question for all the scientists, engineers and technologists on
the list...
Have you ever been prompted to do a journal article search, or contact a
scientist, in response to reading an interesting article in New
Scientist?
I'm wondering if scientists ever read these, and look them up in
journals
for more information.
If you have done this, please do tell.
Best wishes
Jenny Gristock 01273 876711
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