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The Brain
How Your Brain Makes Decisions Impacts How It Evaluates (Mis)Information
Forbes - Gabriel A. Silva
How do you judge if something is factual? How do you make the decision to accept a statement as being true, versus it being misleading or flat out wrong? What are the calculations going on in your brain...
2 days ago
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Human Geography
How Who You Are Influences What You Think Is True
VICE - Shayla Love
A new study found associations between psychological traits and philosophical beliefs. If who we are drives our philosophy, what does that say about our explanations of the world? It's perhaps not surprising...
5 days ago
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Australian News
Is your child studying a second language at school? Here's the trick to making it stick
abc.net.au - ABC News
People learn a second language for many reasons including work, to better understand the world, an interest in the culture of the language itself, …
5 days ago
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Branding
Think twice before choosing a blue logo. Here’s why
Fast Company - By Max Ottignon
Color is fundamental to building an iconic brand. Here are 5 tips for thinking differently about color. Coke. McDonald’s. Cadbury. Starbucks. In the hypercompetitive junk food market, these brands are...
6 days ago
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Language
What is the easiest language to learn? A complete beginner’s guide to linguistics
sciencefocus.com
Are children really better at learning languages? And what will the language of the future be? An expert linguist answers all. Why do children find it …
May 1
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The Brain
Scientists Now Know Why People Scream
TIME - By Tanya Basu
A baby wails upon an airplane’s liftoff, a person shrieks when he stumbles upon something shocking, a kid throws a tantrum because she wants to get her way—people scream in reaction to all kinds of situations....
Jul 16, 2015
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Psychology
Most Societies Completely Misunderstand Yawning
realclearscience.com - Ross Pomeroy
In many societies, yawning often gets a bad rap. We stifle yawns in conversation lest our companions deem us uninterested. We swallow them at work …
Apr 26
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American Sign Language
This Free Web Game Makes Learning American Sign Language Easy And Accessible
Scary Mommy - Arielle Tschinkel
Learning the alphabet is usually one of the very first lessons most kids learn, but for young deaf and hard of hearing children, learning the visual …
Apr 26
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Dolphins
Dolphins learn the ‘names’ of their friends to form teams—a first in animal kingdom
sciencemag.org - Virginia Morell
Like members of a street gang, male dolphins summon their buddies when it comes time to raid and pillage—or, in their case, to capture and defend …
Apr 22
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Teaching
How Nonviolent Communication Can Help Adults Better Understand Students’ Needs - MindShift
kqed.org - Nimah Gobir
Excerpted with permission from the publisher, Wiley, from Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice by Elena Aguilar. Copyright © 2020 …
Apr 20
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Media Industry
The misinformation virus
aeon.co - Elitsa Dermendzhiyska
Lies and distortions don’t just afflict the ignorant. The more you know, the more vulnerable you can be to infectionBy Elitsa DermendzhiyskaRead at …
Apr 16