Patrick

Some favorite academic articles, found while browsing the stacks:Self-Image of Punk Rock and Nonpunk Rock Juvenile Delinquents, Adolescence 22(87) 1987. ("Abstract: The purpose of this study was to provide some understanding of punk rockers." They always say they're misunderstood...)Can Higher Grades Result In Fewer Friends? A Reexamination of the Relation Between Academic and Social Competence, Adolescence 33(129) 1998. (The answer is "yes")An Effective Approach to Violence Prevention: Traditional Martial Arts in Middle School, Adolescence 36(143) 2001. (Shockingly, teaching middle schoolers twenty ways to kill a man using only their hands did not markedly decrease school violence).Vocal Disinhibition (Grunting) Does Not Increase Dead Lift Force in College Athletes or Nonathletes, Perceptual and Motor Skills 89(1) 1999. (Good to know, becuase it would totally be worth grunting in the gym if it helped you bench more).Toward the Development and Validation of a Measure of Sexual Boredom, The Journal of Sex Research 33(1) 1996. (First, this is a top-flight journal. And as for the article, I'm glad we now have more accurate measures of sexual boredom -- "impotence," "cheating," and "divorce" just weren't cutting it.)Perkins, Daniel L, Cortical Disinhibition As a Potential Effect of Enhanced Bass Music, 1997 (So your parents were right - cranking the bass up in your '87 IROC really will make you stupid. And you thought a funny feeling in your private places was the only effect ... This was actually someone's Doctoral thesis!)MacAndrew, Craig, Drunken Comportment : A Social Explanation, 1969. (I'm glad someone finally explained "drunken comportment.")