Language and Thought
American Sign Language: www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/asl.asp
This website accesses the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, part of the National Institutes of Health. The site discusses the origins of American Sign Language (ASL), communication among the deaf, and research about ASL and other sign languages.
Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD): www.cad.ca
The CAD provides consultation and information on deaf needs and interests to the public, business, media, educators, governments, and others. They conduct research and collect data regarding deaf issues, issue reports on these studies, and provide expertise on them, and develop and implement pilot programs. They offer assistance to deaf organizations and service agencies across the country, and also provide a major library and resource centre on deafness at their office in Ottawa, Ontario.
Human Intelligence: www.indiana.edu/~intell/index.shtml
Dr. Jonathan Plucker’s website at Indiana University contains a wide range of information about human intelligence, including historical influences in the development of the concept of intelligence, intelligence measures for testing giftedness, and hot topics and current controversies in the field.
Jane Goodall Institute: www.gsn.org/project/jgi/index.html
Founded in 1977, the Jane Goodall Institute seeks to “improve global understanding and treatment of great apes through research, public education and advocacy,” and to preserve great ape habitats.
Animal Language Institute: www.animallanguageinstitute.org
This hub contains several links to websites dealing with animal language and behaviour. Information about bioacoustics, natural sounds, dolphin communication, gorilla gestural communication, and other features of animal language and behaviour are found here.
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics: www.mpi.nl
Founded in 1980 in Nijmegen, Netherlands, this research institute studies the psychological and biological foundations of language (psycholinguistics). This website has online experiments, journals, and research summaries pertaining to psycholinguistics.
Introduction to Decision Making: www.virtualsalt.com/crebook5.htm
This website overviews the decision process and provides several tools to make effective decisions. Developed by Robert Harris, it is part of his “Virtual Salt” hub.
The Brain from Top to Bottom: www.thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/index_d.html
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Addiction) has an outstanding website containing numerous resources about the brain. Users may take a guided tour that varies with one’s background level (beginner, intermediate, advanced), or they may search the website by specific topic or using an anatomical/functional modular search approach. Users may vary their level of analysis (the website organizes material at molecular, cellular, neurological, psychological, or social levels). Among the topics covered on the website are memory, pleasure and pain, emotions, evolution, body movement, the senses, mental disorders, how the mind develops, sleep and dreams, and consciousness.
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Archives: www.nwrel.org/archive/sirs/6/cu11.html
This website reviews the literature on how to teach thinking skills.
Schizophrenia: www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml
The National Institute of Mental Health contains a vast amount of information on mental disorders, including schizophrenia. Basic information about schizophrenia, signs and symptoms, treatment, and locating services can be found at this website.