Aggregation of data, 256-257, 259, 271-272
Agriculture, biotechnology, 203
Alpher, Ralph, 176
Alzheimer’s disease, 210
Animal studies
color perception, 91-93, 96, 97-101, 103
genetically based diseases, 205, 209
genomics, 184-185, 196, 197-198
numeracy, 43, 46-49, 50-51, 52
primate vs human cognition, 1-40
see also Evolution
Apoptosis, 219
Arithmetic Numeracy see,
Astrophysics and cosmology, 123-178, 307-308
age of universe, 173
Big Bang, 124, 149, 151-152, 154, 173, 174-177
early universe, 123-149
fellowship advisory panel members, vi-vii
galaxy clusters, 124, 125, 131-133, 134, 142-145, 158, 162, 164-165, 173, 178
gravity, 36, 117, 124-125, 126-127;
see also “dark matter” supra
McDonnell, James S., tribute to, , xiv, xvii-xviii
microwaves, 124, 127-149, 174, 175-178
Milky Way galaxy, 151, 153, 155-164, 177
research methodology, 124-149, 151, 154, 155-168
satellite technology
Cosmic Background Explorer, 127-130, 135, 177
Hubble Space Telescope, 166, 173
Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect, 124, 125, 131-134, 141-146, 178
temperature factors, early universe, 128-130, 131, 134-135, 174, 176, 177
Attention, cognition, 8-32
Auditory perception see Speech and hearing,
Behavioral science
cognition and visual perception, 1-40
Bellow, Saul, 260
Bickmore, Wendy, 179-199, 253, 254
Big Bang, 124, 149, 151-152, 154, 173, 174-177
Biomedical science, see Biotechnology;
Diseases and disorders;
Genetics;
Genomics;
Immunology;
Neuroscience;
Pain
Biotechnology
agriculture, 203
cystic fibrosis, 239-241
malaria, mosquitos, 209
Borges, Jorge Luis, 255, 307, 311
Brain, 41
color perception, 102
damage, 31, 41, 43, 52-57, 67, 68, 69
damage and spectral vision, 79-83, 110-111, 112-113
imaging technology, 41, 52, 54, 57-59, 60-68
language, 53
numeracy, 41, 42, 43, 46, 48-49, 51, 52-65, 60-69
see also Cognition
Breast cancer, 207, 225, 229-230, 231, 242
Broecker, W.S., 294-295
Calvino, Italo, 271
Cancer, 190, 198, 207, 208, 211, 225, 226-227, 231, 242
breast, 207, 225, 229-230, 231, 242
lung, 211
ovarian, 207
Carlstrom, John, 123-149, 171-172, 174, 177-178
Center for the Study of Higher Brain Function, xix
Cerro Tolol Interamerican Observatory, 166
Children
cognitive development, general, 42
cognitive development, primate vs human, 3, 4-8, 32
visual perception, 7-8, 11, 25, 26, 28
cystic fibrosis, 206, 207, 213, 230-231, 233-242
numeracy, 54, 61, 63, 64, 68-69
see also Infants
Chromatin, 180, 186, 187, 188-189, 190-193
Chromosomes, 179, 180, 182, 184-198
(passim)
diseases, 204, 205-206, 208, 213, 215-216, 217, 218-219
Churchland, Patricia, vi, 117-121
Climate see Global climate, Clinical trials.
Cloning, 206
attention, 8-32
visual perception, 7-8, 11, 25, 26, 28
fellowship advisory panel members, vi
infants, 7, 8, 9, 42, 43-46, 47, 54, 61-62, 63, 64
McDonnell, James S., tribute to, xix
numeracy, 41-76
philosophical issues, 2, 3, 30, 34, 35
primate vs human, 1-40
see also Language;
Visual perception
Color perception see Spectral vision, Compton, Arthur Holly, xvii
cosmic dark matter imaging, 167-168
ecosystems, 271-274
genome databases, 196
oceanography and climate, 288-290, 291-293, 294, 298-300
Cosmic Background Explorer, 127-130, 135, 177
Cosmology see Astrophysics and cosmology, Cultural factors
biomedicine and disease, 225-238, 241-242
color perception, 84
genetics, population studies, 217
genetics research, 220-221, 229-230
scientific theory, 117-118, 228-229
see also Language;
Politics;
Social factors
Cystic fibrosis, 206, 207, 213, 230-231, 233-242
biotechnology, 239-241
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 236
Dehaene, Stanislas, 41-76
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 235-236
see also Food and Drug Administration;
National Institutes of Health
Diseases and disorders, 225-226
Alzheimer’s disease, 210
blood diseases, 194, 206, 226, 228, 231
brain damage and cognition, general, 31
brain damage and numeracy, 43, 52-57, 67, 68, 69
brain damage and spectral vision, 79-83, 110-111, 112-113
cancer, 190, 198, 207, 208, 211, 225, 226-227, 229-230, 231, 242
clinical trials.
cultural factors, 225-238, 241-242;
see also “political factors” infra
cystic fibrosis, 206, 207, 213, 230-231, 233-242
epidemiology, 269-271
Familial Mediterranean fever, 214-215, 216-217
genetic bases, 182, 190, 198, 201-222, 225-250
computer applications, 208, 220
hemochromatosis, 206
Huntington’s disease, 206
infectious, 209, 226-227, 228-232, 233-234, 237, 270-271
kidney, 227
Mendelian inheritance, 205-206, 207-208, 213, 220
multiple sclerosis, 208
muscular dystrophy, 206
political factors, 225, 226, 228-229, 235-237, 240-241
diseases and, 201-205, 213, 215, 217-218, 219, 221, 222
McDonnell, James S., tribute to, xviii
polymorphisms, 201, 205, 211, 212, 215, 218
see also Genomics
Drawing Blood: Technology and Disease Identity in Twentieth Century America, 228
Dynamical systems theory, 257-311
Ecosystems, 255-311
computer models, 271-274
population studies, 260-266, 271, 272-279
see also Global climate;
Marine systems
Education see Public education,
Einstein, Albert, xv, 131, 145, 148, 149, 175
El Niño Southern Oscillation, 269, 270
Enzymatic processes
foreign chemical metabolites, 211
genomics, 180, 185, 188, 189, 191
Epidemiology, 269-271
European Space Agency, 135
color perception, 86
Darwinian theory, 1-2, 34, 220
genomics, disease, 226, 227, 230, 252
Mendelian inheritance, 205-206, 207-208, 213, 220
numeracy, 49-52
Familial Mediterranean fever, 214-215, 216-217
Fellowship advisory panel members, vi-viii
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), 182-184, 185, 188, 191, 192, 253
Food and Drug Administration, 240
Foreign relations see International relations,
Galaxy clusters, 124, 125, 131-133, 134, 142-145, 158, 162, 164-165, 173, 178
Gamow, George, 175-176
Gell-Mann, Murray, vi, 301-311
Gender factors
breast cancer, 207, 225, 229-230, 231, 242
genomics, 188
cloning, 206
cultural factors, 217, 220-221, 229-230
cystic fibrosis, 206, 207, 213, 230-231, 233-242
diseases, 182, 190, 198, 201-222, 225-250
computer applications, 208, 220
fellowship advisory panel members, vii
McDonnell, James, tribute to, xviii
Mendelian inheritance, 205-206, 207
mutation, 203-204, 205, 207, 213, 214, 215, 216-217, 218, 252
polymorphisms, 201, 205, 211, 212, 215, 218
population studies, 204, 212-213, 214-219, 220, 251-252
public education, 203, 221-222
see also Biotechnology;
Chromatin;
Chromosomes;
DNA;
RNA
Genomics, 179-254
animal studies, 184-185, 196, 197-198
databases, 196
diseases, genetically based, 201-223
enzymatic processes, 180, 185, 188, 189, 191
evolutionary theory and, 226, 227, 230, 252
linkage disequilibrium mapping, 213, 215-216
Global climate, 269, 270, 287-305, 311
computer models, 288-290, 291-293, 294, 298-300
El Niño Southern Oscillation, 269, 270
greenhouse gases, 301
Global and complex systems, 255-311
fellowship advisory panel members, vii
McDonnell, James S., tribute to, xviii-xix
research methodology, 288-290, 291-293, 294, 298-300
see also Ecosystems;
Global climate;
International relations
Gravity, 36, 117, 124-125, 126-127
Greenhouse gases, 301
Hearing see Speech and hearing, Hemochromatosis, 206
Herman, Robert, 176
Histone acetylation, 186-189, 190
Hubble, Edwin, 123-124, 125-126, 133, 145, 148, 149
Hubble Space Telescope, 166, 173
Human Genome Project, 203, 251-253
Huntington’s disease, 206
Imaging technologies
brain, numeracy, 41, 52, 54, 57-59, 60-68
cosmic dark matter, 167-168
cosmic microwaves, 124-125, 127-149
galactic mass and dark matter, 151, 154, 155-168
interferometry, 135-148
Immunofluorescence, 188
Immunology, 225-227, 230, 231-235, 242
see also Infectious diseases
Infants
numeracy, 42, 43-46, 47, 54, 61-62, 63, 64
primate vs human cognition, 7, 8, 9
Infectious diseases, 209, 227, 228-232, 233-234, 237, 270-271
malaria, 209
Inflammatory bowel disease, 208
Interferometry, 135-148
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, 271
International relations, 306
McDonnell, James S., tribute to, xviii-xix
James S. McDonnell Foundation, v-xi, 117, 228, 251, 305
Kidney disease, 227
Kruglyak, Leonid, 201-223, 253, 254
Kuhn, Thomas, 117-118
Lander, Eric, 208
Language
color perception, 84
fellowship applicants, 305
infants, 61
numerosity, 41, 42, 51-52, 53, 61,
brain damage, 53
infants, 44
speech and hearing, 47, 51, 53, 62, 68
spatial perception, 51-52
Linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping, 213, 215-216, 218
Luminance, visual perception, 82, 86, 90-109, 110, 111, 112
Lung cancer, 211
Malaria, 209
“Man Carving Out His Own Destiny”, xix
Marine systems, 264-266, 269-270, 271, 287-305
computer technology, 288-290, 291-293, 294, 298-300
El Niño Southern Oscillation, 269, 270
research methodology, 288-290, 291-293, 294, 298-300
Mathematics see Numeracy, McDonnell, James S., v, ix-xi , xiii-xx , 118, 171, 172
see also James S. McDonnell Foundation
McDonnell, John F., vi , xiii-xx
Memory, numeracy and, 54, 58, 64, 65
Mendelian inheritance, 205-206, 207-208, 213, 220
Mental illness
Alzheimer’s disease, 210
Methodology see Research methodology, Methylation, 190
Microwaves, cosmic, 124, 127-149, 174, 175-178
Milky Way galaxy, 151, 153, 155-164, 177
Motion, visual perception, 104-105.
Multiple sclerosis, 208
Muscular dystrophy, 206
Mutation, 203-204, 205, 207, 213, 214, 215, 216-217, 218, 252
see also Polymorphisms
National Aeronautics and Space Administration see Satellite technology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 240
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 233, 235-237, 238, 240
Neural networks, numeracy, 43, 46, 48-49, 52, 53, 56, 60, 63-67, 68
Neuroscience, 1-122
Alzheimer’s disease, 210
McDonnell, James S., tribute to, xv
multiple sclerosis, 208
numeracy, 41-76
philosophical issues, general, 77-78
spectral vision, neuroscience, and philosophy, 77-116
see also Brain;
Cognition;
Visual perception
Nixon, Richard, 237
Nonlinear systems, 256, 309-310
see also Ecosystems;
Global climate
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, xviii-xix
Nucleosynthesis, 124-125, 174, 175-176
Numeracy, 41-76
animal studies, 43, 46-49, 50-51, 52
brain, 41, 42, 43, 46, 48-49, 51, 52-65, 60-69
children, 54, 61, 63, 64, 68-69
evolutionary theory, 49-52
infants, 42, 43-46, 47, 54, 61-62, 63, 64
neural networks, 43, 46, 48-49, 52, 53, 56, 60, 63-67, 68
neuropsychology, 41, 42, 52, 60, 61, 65, 67, 68, 69
research methodology, 44-46, 52, 54, 57, 59, 60-65
spatial perception, 51-52
speech and hearing, 47, 51, 53, 62
visual perception, 44-50, 51-52, 53, 58, 62, 65, 66
Oceanography see Marine systems,
Ovarian cancer, 207
Particle physics, 153, 154-155, 174-175
Pascual, Mercedes, 255-286, 305, 306, 311
Philosophical issues
fellowship advisory panel members, vii-viii
McDonnell, James S., tribute to, xiii, xiv-xv, xix, xx
neuroscience and, general, 77-78
scientific theory, development of, 117-118
spectral vision, neuroscience, and philosophy, 77-116
symposium organization, v
technological change, impacts of, xix
marine systems and climate, 287, 309, 310
McDonnell, James S., tribute to, xiv, xvii
see also Astrophysics and cosmology
Planck, Max, 176
Polasek, Albin, xix
Politics
biomedicine and disease, 225, 226, 228-229, 235-237, 240-241
see also International relations
Polymorphisms, genetic, 201, 205, 211, 212, 215, 218
Population studies
ecology, 260-266, 271, 272-279
genetics, 204, 212-213, 214-219, 220, 251-252
Povinelli, Daniel, 1-40
Princeton University, xiv, xv, 171
Psychology
color perception and neuroscience, 84, 85-86
neuroscience and, general, 77, 78
numeracy, neuropsychology, 41, 42, 52, 60, 61, 65, 67, 68, 69
visual perception, 8, 9, 19-20, 30
see also Cognition
Public education, genetics, 203, 221-222
The Quark and the Jaguar, 309-310
Rahmstorf, Stefan, 287-303, 305, 307, 311
Research methodology
aggregation of data, 256-257, 259, 271-272
clinical trials.
color perception, 79-83
cosmology, 124-149, 151, 154, 155-168
cystic fibrosis, 233-238
dynamical systems theory, 257-311
ecosystems, 256-311
epidemiology, 269-271
fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), 182-184, 185, 188, 191, 192, 253
galactic mass and dark matter, 151, 154, 155-168
genetically based diseases, 208, 209, 210-211, 212, 213, 215, 217-219, 233-238
genetics and genomics, 182-184, 185-186, 188, 191, 192, 196, 197-198, 202-203, 253-254
interferometry, 135-148
numeracy, 44-46, 52, 54, 57, 59, 60-65
oceanography and climate, 288-290, 291-293, 294, 298-300
primate vs human cognition, 4-7, 10, 14-34
(passim)
time-series analysis, 257, 260, 266-269, 274, 279
see also Animal studies;
Imaging technologies
Rhyming, 51
RNA, 194, 196, 202, 204, 219, 221
Salk, Jonas, 231-233
Satellite technology
Cosmic Background Explorer, 127-130, 135, 177
Hubble Space Telescope, 166, 173
Schlessinger, David, vi, 251-254
Sensory perception, see Spatial perception;
Speech and hearing;
Visual perception
Social factors
biomedicine and disease, 203, 217, 225, 228-229
genetic research, 203, 217, 240-242
scientific theory, general, 117-118
visual perception, 9
see also Cultural factors;
Politics;
Public education
Space sciences see Astrophysics and cosmology,
Spatial perception
depth, 109
numeracy and, 51-52
brain damage and, 79-83, 110-111, 112-113
research methodology, 79-83
Speech and hearing
rhyming, 51
Stochasticity, 259, 261, 266, 269, 274, 279
Stommel, Henry, 294-295, 296, 297
Stubbs, Christopher, 151-169, 171-172, 177-178
Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect, 124, 125, 131-134, 141-146, 178
Systems theory see Dynamical systems theory,
Texture, visual perception, 109, 110
Time-series analysis, 257, 260, 266-269, 274, 279
United Nations, xviii-xix
Visual perception
luminance, 82, 86, 90-109, 110, 111, 112
numerosity, 44-50, 51-52, 53, 58, 62, 65, 66
spatial perception, 51-52, 84, 109
spectral vision, neuroscience, and philosophy, v, 77-116
see also Spatial perception
Wailoo, Keith, v, 225-250, 254
Washington University, xvii, xviii, xix
Weather, see Global climate
Wilson, James, 241
Yeast, 219-220
Yerkes, Robert, 32-33