Talk:James Olds

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While I confess that I am James Olds' son, I think this page is un-hyped and very well supported by citations. The principle information is linked directly to the site of the US National Academy of Sciences. This individual, James Olds, clearly was elected a member of the NAS, won the Newcomb Cleveland Prize and by the way, was featured on Sixty Minutes at the time of the discovery of the Pleasure Center. So I would welcome additions, but am pretty clearly not trying to hype my Dad's career. If you would like to add some further information, please be my guest.

Jim Olds (Jr) http://krasnow.gmu.edu/olds Director and Shelley Krasnow Professor of Neuroscience Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study George Mason University

I concur: his notability is not in question and the article is neutral, as it should be. It is also a good thing that you disclosed your relation to him upfront. GregorB (talk) 16:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I tagged the page for sources not because I doubted the notability (there's a special tag for that). As a neuroscientist myself, I am of course familiar with James Olds (both father and son, the latter appears to merit an article in his own right, by the way). It's just that the only reference listed that is generally accessible is Thompson's biographical note. So it appears in the article as if many statements are unsourced. Remember that even uncontroversial statements should be sourced (much as in a scientific publication). In any case, I have removed the "sources" tag, I certainly don't want to raise the impression that Olds' notability is somehow in question. Nevertheless, if possible, it would be good if some sources could be added. For instance, the statement "His thesis was focused on motivation " could be sourced by a reference to his thesis. Cheers, --Crusio (talk) 18:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Good point on the thesis. I'll try to dig up the right reference. And thanks for the complement:-)

Jim Olds Jr. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlolds (talk • contribs) 18:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)