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• Consumer Behavior
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  Face-to-Face Negotiations Favor the Powerful

  April 9, 2013 — If you are negotiating with someone who has more power than you it is a good idea to avoid face-to-face ... > full story
• Educational Psychology
  Communications
  Internet
  Mathematics
  Computers and Internet
  Math Puzzles
   

  Online Learning: It's Different

  April 4, 2013 — Researchers have found that, by interspersing online lectures with short tests, student mind wandering decreased by 50 percent, note-taking tripled and overall retention of the material ... > full story
• Memory
  Spirituality
  Intelligence
  Brain Injury
  Psychology
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Memories of Near Death Experiences: More Real Than Reality?

  March 27, 2013 — Researchers have demonstrated that the physiological mechanisms triggered during near death experiences (NDE) lead to a more vivid perception not only of imagined events in the history of an ... > full story
• Video Games
  Virtual Reality
  Virtual Environment
  Communications
  Artificial Intelligence
  Perception
   
  

  Virtual Games Help the Blind Navigate Unknown Territory

  March 27, 2013 — Scientists have developed a virtual gaming environment to help blind individuals improve navigation skills and develop a cognitive spatial map of unfamiliar buildings and public ... > full story
• Optics
  Cosmic Rays
  Physics
  Black Holes
  Quantum Physics
  Graphene
   
  

  Speed of Light May Not Be Fixed, Scientists Suggest; Ephemeral Vacuum Particles Induce Speed-of-Light Fluctuations

  March 25, 2013 — Two new articles challenge established wisdom about the nature of vacuum. In one article scientists have identified a quantum level mechanism for interpreting vacuum as being filled with pairs of ... > full story
• Mobile Computing
  Engineering
  Technology
  Telecommunications
  Information Technology
  Civil Engineering
   
  

  Mobile LIDAR Technology Expanding Rapidly

  March 15, 2013 — A new report on the uses and current technology of mobile LIDAR has just been completed and will help more managers and experts understand, use and take advantage of this science that promises to ... > full story
• Video Games
  Intelligence
  Math Puzzles
  Artificial Intelligence
  Behavior
  Technology
   

  Video Game 'Exercise' for an Hour a Day May Enhance Certain Cognitive Skills

  March 13, 2013 — Playing video games for an hour each day can improve subsequent performance on cognitive tasks that use similar mental processes to those involved in the game, according to new ... > full story
• Educational Psychology
  Spirituality
  Child Psychology
  Perception
  Child Development
  Social Psychology
   

  Events in the Future Seem Closer Than Those in the Past

  March 13, 2013 — Time flies, marches on, and flows like a river -- our descriptions of time are closely linked to our experiences of moving through space. Now, new research suggests that the illusions that influence ... > full story
• Engineering
  Engineering and Construction
  Energy Technology
  Technology
  Civil Engineering
  Materials Science
   

  3-D Printer, 'Bio-Ink' to Create Human Organs

  March 8, 2013 — Engineers are working on 3D printing technology with a long-term goal of printing a human ... > full story
• Disability
  Nervous System
  Immune System
  Neuroscience
  Fitness
  Brain Injury
   
  

  Mind-Controlled Exoskeleton to Help Disabled People Walk Again

  March 7, 2013 — Every year thousands of people are paralyzed by a spinal cord injury. Many are young adults, facing the rest of their lives confined to a wheelchair. Although no medical cure currently exists, in the ... > full story

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