Recent Publications - Dr. Stephen L. Black
Dr. Stephen L. Black
Department of Psychology
Black, S. L., & Smith, D. (1994). Has odour conditioning been demonstrated? A critique of "Unconscious odour conditioning in human subjects". Biological Psychology, 37, 265-267.
Black, S. L. (1994). Naltrexone in infantile autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 236-237.
Black, S. (2000). Getting an earful. New Scientist, 167 (July 15), 54.
Black, S. L. (2001). Does smelling granny relieve depressive mood? Commentary on “Rapid mood change and human odors”. Biological Psychology, 55, 215-218.
Black, S. L. (2001). Regarding Pooh. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 164, 1124. Available on-line
Black, S. L. (2001). Ambient odor associated to failure or failure of experimental design? A critical comment on Epple and Herz (1999). Developmental Psychobiology, 39, 147-148.
Black, S. L. (2001). Piracetam therapy for Down syndrome: a rush to judgement? Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 155, 1177-8.
Black, S. L.(2001). Carrot taste and baby’s face: where are the across-group comparisons? Pediatrics on-line, July 17.
Black, S. L.(2002). Outcome of this experiment offers little comfort. Comment on Leibovici: Effects of remote, retroactive intercessory prayer. British Medical Journal, 324, 1037. Also available on-line.
Black, S. L. (2003). Good news for guys. Annals of Improbable Research, 9, 18.
Black, S. L. (2003). Correction to Haggbloom et al (2002). Review of General Psychology, 7, 37.
Black, S. L. (2003). Cannonical [sic] confusions, an illusory allusion, and more: a critique of Haggbloom, et al's list of eminent psychologists (2002). Psychological Reports, 92, 853-857.
Black, S. L. (2003). Pavlov's dogs: for whom the bell rarely tolled. Current Biology, 13, R426.
Black, S. L., Adams, C., & Blank, J. (2003). Does weight gain lead to weight loss? Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, 2535-2537.
Black, S.L. (2004). Newborn babies: More pain than that. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 158, 600.
Black, S.L. (2004). Statistical analysis in TADS. British Medical Journal. Rapid response to Lenzer, J. (2004), Journalists on Prozac. Available on-line
Black, S. (2004). Asbestos statistics inaccurate. CAUT Bulletin, 51, A2.
Black, S.L. (2005). The views of B.F. Skinner and human behaviour. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 51, May 6, B21
Black, S.L. (2005). Serum cholesterol and visuomotor speed: inverse or direct association? American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 81, 537-538
Black, S.L. (2005). fMRI reveals large-scale network activation in minimally conscious patients. Neurology, 65, 1843. Available on-line
Black, S.L. (2005). Counting (in vain) on correct attribution. British Medical Journal, June 22. Rapid response to M. McKee (2004), Not everything that counts can be counted. Available on-line
Black, S.L. (2005-06). Hath music charms to boost the average IQ? The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 4, Fall/Winter issue no. 2, pp. 3-5. See also "Is a puzzlement": Response to Schellenberg (2006) in the same issue, pp. 14-15.
Black, S.L. (2006). Still counting in vain. British Medical Journal, November 11. Rapid response to Filler (2006), Einstein on research. Available on-line
Black, S.L. (2006). To the point: acupuncture and migraine. Lancet Neurology, 5, 382-3.
Black, S.L. (2006). Use of ID [Intelligent Design] material unsupported. Bioscience, 56, 285. Available on-line
Black, S.L. (2006). The sense of touch in babies. Wellness Options, 24, 32-33.
Black, S.L. (2007). Sleep position and motor development. Journal of Pediatrics, 151, e7.
