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Thanks Charlie -
This smacks of the same problem we have had in education and learning research, a lack of a formal mechanism to translate research into practice, which is why we find public school principals playing Mozart in the hallways between classes and wondering why test scores don't rise. 

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On May 7, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Charles Carlson wrote:

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> Here's a great debate with tangential relevance to many other aspects of human behaviors.  In the field of museum studies and education, it's pretty likely that biology won't support the separation of learning behaviors into formal and informal strategies, and that such subtle nuances tend to blur the picture rather than sharpen its focus.
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> From The New York Times:
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> Psychiatry’s Guide Is Out of Touch With Science, Experts Say
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> Weeks before a new edition of the so-called bible of mental disorders is released, the federal government’s most prominent psychiatric expert said it had a scientific “lack of validity.”
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> http://nyti.ms/YqTH8T
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