Arousal does not enhance the dominant spatial scope of attention: https://osf.io/3xeyb
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Arousal does not enhance the dominant spatial scope of attention: https://osf.io/3xeyb
It's not just the rabid ones any more.
Very reasonable people at very solid institutions are starting to make very bad decisions.
N.Y.C. Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say
I HAVE AN IDEA
Congratulations to Agnieszka Adamczyk and her team for running the international organization of psychophysiology conference with sharp contents and smooth logistics!
The polling database that underlied 538 is made freely available now that the site has been closed
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#UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine #trump
Reminder that Europepmc.org exists. In case anyone should need it for any reason.
Switching sides in Ukraine and gutting USAID are foreign policy versions of shooting someone in the middle of 5th Avenue.
Except there are thousands of someones.
Yet, the not losing support part seems to hold firm.
Over 650 political scientists who have dedicated our lives to the study of democracy & government, have signed this letter enumerating our deep concerns about this administration’s actions that undermine the Constitution and the rule of law. Please share.
urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...
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To me, this is the crux of what's going on down south right now. If the executive branch give an order that is clearly illegal, why would anyone follow it? Don't wait for a court order if it's clearly not legal... Just say "no", eh?
The political scientists feel the same way: so much of this is also unconstitutional. It's a crisis. Right now.
Concentration camps preceded extermination camps by several years. They began in Germany just as administratively, just as innocuously, as this.
It's important to understand the historical track we are on.
We keep hearing about masculinity from the Zuckerbergs of the world-- this woman has shown more courage in this 60-second clip than any of the tech billionaires have shown in recent memory as they grovel at Trump's feet.
Even if you can't fix it, knowing how it broke can help a little
In an industry-standard perceptual decision task, affect ratings behave a lot like confidence ratings.
Could be because confidence is a kind of goal-congruence, but we can't be sure.
Thank you, Alan and Kobe!
Elegant evidence for cultural shaping of concepts: monkeys can perceive colors in categories, but lacking language, these won't overlap between individuals or with humans
A graph titled "Cost of Transport" showing the relationship between body weight (in kilograms) and energy consumption for distance traveled (calories per gram per kilometer) for various animals and machines. It highlights that a person on a bicycle ranks first in efficiency.
A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic.
www.jstor.org/stable/24923...
Nice job capturing the effects of propaganda