Clinical and electrophysiologic recovery in Arnold-Chiari malformation.

The case of a 16-year-old boy with occipital headache, diplopia, ataxia, and weakness in the lower extremities of 1-month duration is reported. Slowness of mentation, speech, and motor action was also present. Massive chronic hydrocephalus was indicated by an enlarged head.

The use of electrophotographic techniques in differentiating state depression and state anxiety.

The ability of electrophotographic techniques to differentiate levels of state anxiety and state depression were investigated. Forty male and female undergraduate students, who were screened with the DACL, STAI, and Mini-Mult and who met certain dietary and medicinal restrictions, had the index finger of their left hand electrophotographed. In addition, the skin resistance level of these subjects was assessed.

Handedness as a determinant of left-right placement in human figure drawings.

Assessed the effects of handedness and eye-dominance on the right-left placement of human figure drawings. Previous studies had reported that right-left placement varied as a function of personality. However, the present findings indicate no significant relationship between the two personality variables in the Thorndike Dimension of Temperament Scale and drawing placement.

Effects of subliminal stimulation on masculinity-femininity ratings of a male model.

The effects of subliminal stimulation on masculinity-femininity ratings of a male model were tested for 100 male undergraduates, randomly divided into four groups and individually shown a slide of a male model. One group received no further stimulation. A second group received a subliminal flash of white light across the image of the model; a third group was presented with the subliminal message "masculine," while a fourth group was presented with the subliminal message "feminine.