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Subject: Re: cognitive-engineering, connectionism, etc. ...really flame-ola
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> [pseudo-bug eater]
> 
> I'm always excited when a new posting appears in net.cog-eng.
> Will it be about some new connectionist theory?  Maybe some
> theoretical discussion of brain vs. computer?  Or maybe a comment
> on a new model of perception, attention, cognition, or memory?
> 
> but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
> 
> 
> I could go on, but that ought to give some of you with fertile minds someplace
> to start.  Really, this wasn't meant so much as a flame as it was a plea for
> more quality and less mediocrity in what's taking up space in this newsgroup.

Well, gee, Mike. I'm neither a cog, or an eng, but I'll try this:

I've been learning about dyslexia. I know a few people who are dyslexic,
and I've been attempting to devise some exercises for them on a Macintosh
using MacDraw/Paint, as a means of mapping how they process and respond to
visual cues. Has anyone else explored this? Any observations to share?