"This is a classic example of Appreciation Escalation.
If you haven't had a chance to see it, check it out -- it's adorable, funny and a beautiful example of appreciation in action.
We laugh at the leading lady – a vainglorious socialite with scant self-consciousness whose godawful wailing became one of the first examples of ironic appreciation by the public – yet we must also like her and those enabling her delusion.
Examples include appreciation of learning theory, Hebbian principles, task-specific training, social influences, mechanisms of verbal encoding and the interplay across brain modalities (such as influence of deafferentation on motor function).
But if people had the tools to place the work in context – knowledge of the different phases of clinical trials, for example, an appreciation of the limits of drug therapy (Scowcroft says it's good, old-fashioned surgery and radiotherapy that cures most cancers), we might be able to understand what those mice are really telling us.
While nose jobs have not yet replaced cash as the preferred currency of appreciation, the example of Dr. Sachs drives home the basic conundrum of holiday tipping, one that for many turns the simple act of holiday giving into a tense and socially perilous exercise: how do you measure up as a tipper when you suspect others are more generous?
The addition of non-monetary incentives, for example, lapel pins and certificates of appreciation, or offers of these, did not increase response or retention, perhaps because these items are not valued by participants.
For the persons with dementia, it was interpreted as important to them to reinforce verbal expressions of appreciation by, for example, touching or hugging the caregiver.
Examples of impersonal comments include expressing appreciation for photos, praising the photographers, thanking them for their work, or commenting on any particular topic in a neutral way.
This requires a greater appreciation that examples of best practice can come from anywhere and flow anywhere, including from the "global south" to the "global north".
To take just one example, proper appreciation of movies in the digital age depends on recognizing that digital movie-making tools do not just make traditional movie-making easier; they also present new creative possibilities and challenges.
