diff --git a/PRIMER.md b/PRIMER.md
index 908abc18..538fcce8 100644
--- a/PRIMER.md
+++ b/PRIMER.md
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ Values will be serialized according to type: Arrays/Objects will be `JSON.string
 <a name="computed-properties"></a>
 ## Computed properties
 
-Polymer supports virtual properties whose values are calculated from other properties.  Computed properties can be defined by providing an object-valued `computed` property on the prototype that maps property names to computing functions.  The name of the function to compute the value is provided as a string with dependent properties as arguments in parenthesis.  Only one dependency is supported at this time.
+Polymer supports virtual properties whose values are calculated from other properties.  Computed properties can be defined by providing an object-valued `computed` property on the prototype that maps property names to computing functions.  The name of the function to compute the value is provided as a string with dependent properties as arguments in parenthesis.  The function will be called once (asynchronously) for any change to the dependent properties.
 
 ```html
 <dom-module id="x-custom">
@@ -1118,13 +1118,13 @@ Polymer supports virtual properties whose values are calculated from other prope
        is: 'x-custom',
     
        computed: {
-         // when `user` changes `computeFullName` is called and the
-         // value it returns is stored as `fullName`
-         fullName: 'computeFullName(user)',
+         // when `first` or `last` changes `computeFullName` is called once 
+         // (asynchronously) and the value it returns is stored as `fullName`
+         fullName: 'computeFullName(first, last)',
        },
 
-       computeFullName: function(user) {
-         return user.firstName + ' ' + user.lastName;
+       computeFullName: function(first, last) {
+         return first + ' ' + last;
        }
 
       ...
@@ -1133,6 +1133,8 @@ Polymer supports virtual properties whose values are calculated from other prope
 </script>
 ```
 
+Note: Only direct properties of the element (as opposed to sub-properties of an object) can be used as dependencies at this time.
+
 <a name="read-only"></a>
 ## Read-only properties
 
@@ -1304,50 +1306,11 @@ Current limitations that are on the backlog for evaluation/improvement are liste
 * Support for compound property binding
     * See below
 
-## Compound property effects
+## Compound observation
 
-Polymer 0.8 currently has no built-in support for compound observation or compound binding expressions.  This problem space is on the backlog to be tackled in the near future.  This section will discuss lower-level tools that are available in 0.8 that can be used instead.
+Polymer 0.8 does not currently support observer functions called once for changes to a set of dependent properties, outside of computed properties.  If the work of computing the property is expensive, or if the side-effects of the binding are expensive, then you may want to ensure side-effects only occur once for any number of changes to them during a turn by manually introducing asynchronicity.  The `computed` property feature uses `debounce` under the hood to achieve the same effect.
 
-Assume an element has a boolean property that should be set when either of two conditions are true: e.g. when `<my-parent>.isManager == true` OR `<my-parent>.mode == 2`, you want to set `<my-child>.disabled = true`.
-
-The most naive way to achieve this in 0.8 is with separate change handlers for the dependent properties that set a `shouldDisable` property bound to the `my-child`.
-
-Example:
-
-```html
-<dom-module id="x-parent">
-    <template>
-        <x-child disabled="{{shouldDisable}}"></my-child>
-    </template>
-</dom-module>
-
-<script>
-Polymer({
-    
-    is: 'x-parent',
-    
-    bind: {
-        isManager: 'computeShouldDisable',
-        mode: 'computeShouldDisable',
-    },
-
-    // Warning: Called once for every change to dependent properties!
-    computeShouldDisable: function() {
-        this.shouldDisable = this.isManager || (this.mode == 2);
-    }
-
-});
-</script>
-```
-
-Due to the synchronous nature of bindings in 0.8, code such as the following will result in `<my-child>.disabled` being set twice (and any side-effects of that property changing to potentially occur twice):
-
-```js
-myParent.isManager = false;
-myParent.mode = 5;
-```
-
-If the work of computing the property is expensive, or if the side-effects of the binding are expensive, then you may want to ensure side-effects only occur once for any number of changes to them during a turn by manually introducing asynchronicity.  The `debounce` API on the Polymer Base prototype can be used to achieve this.  The `debounce` API takes a signal name (String), callback, and optional wait time, and only calls the callback once for any number `debounce` calls with the same `signalName` started within the wait period.
+The `debounce` API on the Polymer Base prototype can be used to achieve this.  The `debounce` API takes a signal name (String), callback, and optional wait time, and only calls the callback once for any number `debounce` calls with the same `signalName` started within the wait period.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/src/lib/bind/bind-effects.html b/src/lib/bind/bind-effects.html
index c037ea22..eab77273 100644
--- a/src/lib/bind/bind-effects.html
+++ b/src/lib/bind/bind-effects.html
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ subject to an additional IP rights grant found at http://polymer.github.io/PATEN
       var method = expression.slice(0, index);
       var args = expression.slice(index + 1, -1).replace(/ /g, '').split(',');
       //console.log('%c on [%s] compute [%s] via [%s]', 'color: green', args[0], name, method);
-      this.addPropertyEffect(model, args[0], 'compute', {
-        property: name,
-        method: method
-      });
+      var methodArgs = 'this._data.' + args.join(', this._data.');
+      var methodString = 'this.debounce(\'_' + method + '\', function() {\n' +
+        '\t\tthis.' + name + ' = this.' + method + '(' + methodArgs + ');\n' +
+        '\t});';
+      for (var i=0; i<args.length; i++) {
+        this.addPropertyEffect(model, args[i], 'compute', methodString);
+      }
     };
 
     // TODO(sjmiles): case shenanigans
@@ -99,8 +102,7 @@ subject to an additional IP rights grant found at http://polymer.github.io/PATEN
       },
 
       compute: function(model, source, effect) {
-        return 'this.' + effect.property
-            + ' = this.' + effect.method + '(this._data.' + source + ');';
+        return effect;
       },
 
       reflect: function(model, source) {
diff --git a/src/lib/bind/bind.html b/src/lib/bind/bind.html
index 169d1738..d944f3cb 100644
--- a/src/lib/bind/bind.html
+++ b/src/lib/bind/bind.html
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ subject to an additional IP rights grant found at http://polymer.github.io/PATEN
           // var group = '\'' + this.is + ':' + property + '\'';
           // effects.unshift('console.group(' + group + ');');
           // effects.push('console.groupEnd(' + group + ');');
-          effects = effects.join('\n\t\t');
+          effects = '\t' + effects.join('\n\t');
           // construct effector
           var effector = '_' + property + 'Effector';
           model[effector] = new Function('old', effects);
diff --git a/test/unit/bind-elements.html b/test/unit/bind-elements.html
index 51fd6ea2..ea8eb3d9 100644
--- a/test/unit/bind-elements.html
+++ b/test/unit/bind-elements.html
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
         type: Number,
         notify: true
       },
+      computedFromMultipleValues: {
+        type: Number,
+        notify: true
+      },
       camelNotifyingValue: {
         type: Number,
         notify: true
@@ -25,13 +29,15 @@
     },
     computed: {
       computedvalue: 'computeValue(value)',
-      computednotifyingvalue: 'computeNotifyingValue(notifyingvalue)'
+      computednotifyingvalue: 'computeNotifyingValue(notifyingvalue)',
+      computedFromMultipleValues: 'computeFromMultipleValues(sum1, sum2, divide)'
     },
     bind: {
       value: 'valueChanged',
       computedvalue: 'computedvalueChanged',
       notifyingvalue: 'notifyingvalueChanged',
-      readonlyvalue: 'readonlyvalueChanged'
+      readonlyvalue: 'readonlyvalueChanged',
+      computedFromMultipleValues: 'computedFromMultipleValuesChanged'
     },
     valueChanged: function() {},
     computeValue: function(val) {
@@ -42,7 +48,11 @@
     readonlyvalueChanged: function() {},
     computeNotifyingValue: function(val) {
       return val + 2;
-    }
+    },
+    computeFromMultipleValues: function(sum1, sum2, divide) {
+      return (sum1 + sum2) / divide;
+    },
+    computedFromMultipleValuesChanged: function() {}
   });
 </script>
 
diff --git a/test/unit/bind.html b/test/unit/bind.html
index 491b3088..56eed767 100644
--- a/test/unit/bind.html
+++ b/test/unit/bind.html
@@ -58,10 +58,13 @@ suite('single-element binding effects', function() {
     assert.equal(called, true, 'Change handler not called');
   });
 
-  test('computed value updates', function() {
+  test('computed value updates', function(done) {
     el.value = 44;
-    assert.equal(el.computedvalue, 45, 'Computed value not correct');
-    assert.equal(el.$.boundChild.computedvalue, 45, 'Computed value not propagated to bound child');
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(el.computedvalue, 45, 'Computed value not correct');
+      assert.equal(el.$.boundChild.computedvalue, 45, 'Computed value not propagated to bound child');
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
   test('notification sent', function() {
@@ -79,23 +82,49 @@ suite('single-element binding effects', function() {
     assert.equal(notified, 2, 'Notification events not sent');
   });
 
-  test('computed change handler called', function() {
+  test('computed change handler called', function(done) {
     var called = false;
     el.computedvalueChanged = function() {
       called = true;
     };
     el.value = 46;
-    assert.equal(called, true, 'Change handler not called');
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(called, true, 'Change handler not called');
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
-  test('computed notification sent', function() {
+  test('computed notification sent', function(done) {
     var notified = false;
     el.addEventListener('computednotifyingvalue-changed', function(e) {
       assert.equal(e.detail.value, 49);
       notified = true;
     });
     el.notifyingvalue = 47;
-    assert.equal(notified, true, 'Notification event not sent');
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(notified, true, 'Notification event not sent');
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('computed property with multiple dependencies', function(done) {
+    var called = false;
+    el.computedFromMultipleValuesChanged = function() {
+      called = true;
+    };
+    var notified = false;
+    el.addEventListener('computed-from-multiple-values-changed', function(e) {
+      notified = true;
+    });
+    el.sum1 = 10;
+    el.sum2 = 20;
+    el.divide = 2;
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(el.computedFromMultipleValues, 15, 'Computed value wrong');
+      assert.equal(notified, true, 'Notification event not sent');
+      assert.equal(called, true, 'Change handler not called');
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
   test('no read-only change handler called with assignment', function() {
@@ -172,19 +201,25 @@ suite('2-way binding effects between elements', function() {
     assert.equal(called, false, 'changed handler for property bound to non-notifying property called and should not have been');
   });
 
-  test('binding to non-notifying computed property', function() {
+  test('binding to non-notifying computed property', function(done) {
     el.boundcomputedvalue = 42;
     el.$.basic1.value = 43;
-    assert.equal(el.boundcomputedvalue, 42, 'binding to non-notifying computed property updated and should not have been');
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(el.boundcomputedvalue, 42, 'binding to non-notifying computed property updated and should not have been');
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
-  test('changed handler for property bound to non-notifying computed property', function() {
+  test('changed handler for property bound to non-notifying computed property', function(done) {
     var called = false;
     el.boundcomputedvalueChanged = function() {
       called = true;
     };
     el.$.basic1.value = 44;
-    assert.equal(called, false, 'changed handler for property bound to non-notifying computed property called and should not have been');
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(called, false, 'changed handler for property bound to non-notifying computed property called and should not have been');
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
   test('binding to notifying property', function() {
@@ -206,18 +241,24 @@ suite('2-way binding effects between elements', function() {
     assert.equal(called, true, 'changed handler for property bound to notifying property not called');
   });
 
-  test('binding to notifying computed property', function() {
+  test('binding to notifying computed property', function(done) {
     el.$.basic1.notifyingvalue = 43;
-    assert.equal(el.boundcomputednotifyingvalue, 45, 'binding to notifying computed property not updated');
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(el.boundcomputednotifyingvalue, 45, 'binding to notifying computed property not updated');
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
-  test('changed handler for property bound to notifying computed property', function() {
+  test('changed handler for property bound to notifying computed property', function(done) {
     var called = false;
     el.boundcomputednotifyingvalueChanged = function() {
       called = true;
     };
     el.$.basic1.notifyingvalue = 45;
-    assert.equal(called, true, 'changed handler for property bound to non-notifying computed property not called');
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(called, true, 'changed handler for property bound to non-notifying computed property not called');
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
   test('no change for binding into read-only property', function() {
@@ -274,19 +315,25 @@ suite('1-way binding effects between elements', function() {
     assert.equal(called, false, 'changed handler for property one-way-bound to non-notifying property called and should not have been');
   });
 
-  test('one-way binding to non-notifying computed property', function() {
+  test('one-way binding to non-notifying computed property', function(done) {
     el.boundcomputedvalue = 42;
     el.$.basic2.value = 43;
-    assert.equal(el.boundcomputedvalue, 42, 'binding to non-notifying computed property updated and should not have been');
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(el.boundcomputedvalue, 42, 'binding to non-notifying computed property updated and should not have been');
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
-  test('changed handler for property one-way-bound to non-notifying computed property', function() {
+  test('changed handler for property one-way-bound to non-notifying computed property', function(done) {
     var called = false;
     el.boundcomputedvalueChanged = function() {
       called = true;
     };
     el.$.basic2.value = 44;
-    assert.equal(called, false, 'changed handler for property bound to non-notifying computed property called and should not have been');
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(called, false, 'changed handler for property bound to non-notifying computed property called and should not have been');
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
   test('one-way binding to notifying property', function() {
@@ -305,19 +352,25 @@ suite('1-way binding effects between elements', function() {
     assert.equal(called, false, 'changed handler for property bound to notifying property called and should not have been');
   });
 
-  test('one-way binding to notifying computed property', function() {
+  test('one-way binding to notifying computed property', function(done) {
     el.boundcomputednotifyingvalue = 42;
     el.$.basic2.notifyingvalue = 43;
-    assert.equal(el.boundcomputednotifyingvalue, 42, 'binding to notifying computed property updated and should not have been');
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(el.boundcomputednotifyingvalue, 42, 'binding to notifying computed property updated and should not have been');
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
-  test('changed handler for property one-way-bound to notifying computed property', function() {
+  test('changed handler for property one-way-bound to notifying computed property', function(done) {
     var called = false;
     el.boundcomputednotifyingvalueChanged = function() {
       called = true;
     };
     el.$.basic2.notifyingvalue = 45;
-    assert.equal(called, false, 'changed handler for property bound to non-notifying computed property called and should not have been');
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      assert.equal(called, false, 'changed handler for property bound to non-notifying computed property called and should not have been');
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
 });