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Serum Dioxin And Psychological Functioning In U.S. Air Force Veterans Of The Vietnam War, Joel E. Michalek
Serum Dioxin And Psychological Functioning In U.S. Air Force Veterans Of The Vietnam War, Joel E. Michalek
Psychology Faculty Publications
Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, we assessed the psychological functioning of U.S. Air Force veterans exposed to Agent Orange and its contaminant, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlodibenzo-p-dioxin (dioxin), during the Vietnam War. Index subjects were veterans of Operation Ranch Hand (N = 1,109). Comparisons (N = 1,493) were U.S. Air Force veterans not involved with spraying herbicides. We found few consistent psychological abnormalities associated with serum dioxin levels. Ranch Hand veterans with higher dioxin levels showed some difficulties in anxiety, somatization, depression, and a denial of psychological factors. However, those with background levels also showed indications of …
Uncertainty Monitoring May Promote Emergents, Duane M. Rumbaugh, Michael J. Beran, James L. Pate
Uncertainty Monitoring May Promote Emergents, Duane M. Rumbaugh, Michael J. Beran, James L. Pate
Language Research Center
We suggest that the phenomenon of uncertainty monitoring in nonhuman animals contributes richly to the conception of nonhuman animals’ self-monitoring. We propose that uncertainty may play a role in the emergence of new forms of behavior that are adaptive. We recommend that Smith et al. determine the extent to which the uncertain response transfers immediately to other test paradigms.