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Public display of disaffection
Macleans: Last June, Kevin Newman delivered the commencement address at the University of Western Ontario. Reading from his iPad, the veteran TV news journalist extolled social media’s increasing role in shaping global events—and how it’s
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What Happens to Us When We Feel Powerless
The Huffington Post: Control is an important aspect of our psychological well-being. Many of the most frustrating situations in life involve cases where events are happening around you, and you have no say in how
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Can Our Immune Systems Tell Us Who’s Sick?
Discovery News: The placebo effect relies on the mind’s ability to influence the body, but does the same work in reverse? For instance, after being sick, can the body’s immune system subconsciously tell us who’s
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Watching The World In Motion, Babies Take A First Step Toward Language
Watching children on the playground, we see them run, climb, slide, get up, and do it all again. While their movements are continuous, we language-users can easily divide them up and name each one. But
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Für Deutsche gleichen typische Europäer eher Deutschen
Telepolis: Menschen gehen nach einer Studie davon aus, dass das typische Mitglied einer Gruppe so wie sie selbst aussieht Die europäische Einheit steht derzeit wegen der Schuldenkrise unter Stress. In der Eurozone wird damit gerungen
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Don’t remember? Or don’t think you remember?
Times of India: One day you notice a group of boys passing by in a park. The next day you learn police are looking for someone to identify him as a suspect in a mugging
