http://mindhacks.com/2007/08/09/win-a-prize-awkward-acronyms-in-cognitive-science/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2007/08/09/win-a-prize-awkward-acronyms-in-cognitive-science/#comment-7216 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:13:53 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/win-a-prize-awkward-acronyms-in-cognitive-science/#comment-7216 CGIC-MCI: Clinical Global Impression of Change Scale Scores Designed for Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
FNORD: Foundation for Neo-cognitive and Ontological Research and Development
if you don’t get FNORD, see: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fnord

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2007/08/09/win-a-prize-awkward-acronyms-in-cognitive-science/#comment-7215 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:16:46 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/win-a-prize-awkward-acronyms-in-cognitive-science/#comment-7215 This merits unveiling our secret, what we stand for
Self-absorbed
Hemispheres
Aimed at
Restoring
Public
Brain
Resourcefulness
And
Increase
Neuro
Sharpness

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2007/08/09/win-a-prize-awkward-acronyms-in-cognitive-science/#comment-7214 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:19:24 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/win-a-prize-awkward-acronyms-in-cognitive-science/#comment-7214 Twenty wonderful acronyms from the analogy ilterature alone:
http://mixingmemory.blogspot.com/2004/10/analogy-acronym-madness.html
They include:
PHINEAS
LISA
CARL (LISA’s boyfriend?)
SEQL
MAGI
CAB
ABR
DUAL
COPYCAT
TABLETOP
and get this…
ANALOGY.
Perhaps my favorite, though, is from the categorization literature: SUSTAIN.
http://cognitrn.psych.indiana.edu/rgoldsto/courses/concepts/lovesustain.pdf

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