Bibliography

Alternative Medicine

Diet

  • The Carbohydrate Hypothesis of Obesity: a Critical Examination, Stephan Guyenet, August 11, 2011
  • Leary, Warren E. Revision for Gray’s Anatomy? New Muscle Found Deep in Skull, February 13, 1996, New York Times
  • Gwendolyn F. Dunn, D.D.S., M.S.; Gary D. Hack, D.D.S.; Walker L. Robinson, M.D.; Richard T. Koritzer, D.D.S., Ph.D. “Anatomical Observation of a Craniomandibular Muscle Originating from the Skull Base: The Sphenomandibularis” Cranio 14 (2): 97-103; discussion 104-5.
  • Kekwick A, Pawan GL (July 1956). “Calorie intake in relation to body-weight changes in the obese”. Lancet 271 (6935): 155–61.
  • William S. Yancy, Jr., MD, MHS; Maren K. Olsen, PhD; John R. Guyton, MD; Ronna P. Bakst, RD; and Eric C. Westman, MD, MHS (2004). “A Low-Carbohydrate, Ketogenic Diet versus a Low-Fat Diet To Treat Obesity and Hyperlipidemia”. Annals of Internal Medicine 140 (10): 769-777.
  • Iris Shai, R.D., Ph.D. (July 2008). “Weight Loss with a Low-Carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or Low-Fat Diet.”. New England Journal of Medicine 359 (3): 229-41.
  • The Optimal Diet, Dean Ornish, September 22, 2012, New York Times
  • Linda Stern, MD; Nayyar Iqbal, MD; Prakash Seshadri, MD; Kathryn L. Chicano, CRNP; Denise A. Daily, RD; Joyce McGrory, CRNP; Monica Williams, BS; Edward J. Gracely, PhD; and Frederick F. Samaha, MD (2004). “The Effects of Low-Carbohydrate versus Conventional Weight Loss Diets in Severely Obese Adults: One-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Trial”. Annals of Internal Medicine 140 (10): 778-85.
  • Christopher D. Gardner, Ph.D., et al., Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN Diets for Change in Weight and Related Risk Factors Among Overweight Premenopausal Women: The A TO Z Weight Loss Study: A Randomized Trial. The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 297, No. 9. March 7, 2007.

Wikipedia has a good summary of research into low-carbohydrate diets with citations as does Diabetes Daily.

Human interface

  • The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information, George A. Miller, Psychological Review, 1956
  • Paul M. Fitts (1954). The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling the amplitude of movement. Journal of Experimental Psychology, volume 47, number 6, June 1954, pp. 381-391.
  • Alexander, M. G., & Fisher, T. D. (2003). Truth and consequences: Using the bogus pipeline to examine sex differences in self-reported sexuality. The Journal of Sex Research, 40, 27- 35.
  • Leary, Warren E. Revision for Gray’s Anatomy? New Muscle Found Deep in Skull, February 13, 1996, New York Times
  • Gwendolyn F. Dunn, D.D.S., M.S.; Gary D. Hack, D.D.S.; Walker L. Robinson, M.D.; Richard T. Koritzer, D.D.S., Ph.D. “Anatomical Observation of a Craniomandibular Muscle Originating from the Skull Base: The Sphenomandibularis” Cranio 14 (2): 97–103; discussion 104–5.

Cats

IQ

One more thing

Even though I can produce detailed and apparently authoritative citations for it, the lighthouse and aircraft carrier story is in fact false.