All Articles Tagged As: culture
Merely observing someone publicly blame an individual in an organization for a problem -- even when the target is innocent -- greatly increases the odds that the practice of blaming others will spread with the tenacity of the H1N1 flu.
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Study suggests link between how we feel, our culture and how we behave
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A woman in southern Ontario is one of the first cases in Canada of a rare neurological syndrome in which a person starts speaking with a different accent
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People who are bicultural and speak two languages may actually shift their personalities when they switch from one language to another, according to new research in the Journal of Consumer Research.
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A team of researchers from Canada and Japan have uncovered some remarkable results on how eastern and western cultures assess situations very differently.
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When it comes to romantic attraction men primarily are motivated by good looks and women by earning power. At least that's what men and women have been saying for a long time. Based on research that dates back several decades, the widely accepted notion permeates popular culture today.
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New study to examine efficiency of spacial language in Mesoamerica
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A thumb's up for "I'm good." The rubbing of a pointed forefinger at another for "shame on you." The infamous and ubiquitous middle finger salute for—well, you know. Such gestures that convey meaning without speech are used and recognized by nearly everyone in our society, but to someone from a foreign country, they may be incomprehensible.
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Scientists shed new light on how retina's hardware is used in color vision
How the demons of dementia possess and damage brain cells
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Which came first: Religion or the brain?