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Nature vs nurture, southern style

Dara wrote 2 weeks ago: Culture shapes our lives in deep and often surprisingly intimate ways. That is the take-home lesson … more →

Tags: Anthropology, Courses, Psychology, University Podcast, culture of honor, dov cohen, robert boyd, UCLA

Issue 87. What we forget1 comment

Bettina Hansel wrote 3 weeks ago: Benedict Carey’s article in Tuesday’s New York Times is interesting on many levels. It d … more →

Tags: Culture and Communication, Memory

Asians and Westerners Think Differently...there’s proof!

paulrwagner wrote 1 month ago: This is a good read especially if you want to learn about how Westerners think differently than Asia … more →

Tags: COM 540 Weblog, COM 540

Heart of Modeling2 comments

rgwallace wrote 3 months ago: Greed is often mistaken for humanity’s heart of darkness. Look instead to the rationalization that t … more →

Tags: Evolution, CHRİSTOPHER CAUDWELL, Darwin, Epistemology, Joseph Campbell, metaphysics, Modeling, natural selection

Update: Public Libraries as Health Clubs for the Brain

Alvaro wrote 5 months ago: Here you have the July edition of our monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness … more →

Tags: aging, Alzheimer´s, American Society on Aging, Books, brain, brain books, Brain Teaser, Cognitive, cognitive abilities

IQ and Education9 comments

Liza wrote 6 months ago: Two recent opinion pieces have me thinking about the nature vs nurture debate and its implications f … more →

Tags: Debate, Morality, Current Events, Science, Christopher Ferguson, Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences, intelligence, IQ

Recent Bits of Language and Learning Goodness

Paul wrote 6 months ago: Bilingual Babies and Executive Function – A study recently published in the Proceedings of the … more →

Tags: Recent Research, bilingual babies, language news, preschool language, recent language research

I.Q. Scores and Genetics

Fetu wrote 8 months ago: Much of the bigotry and discrimination directed at underclass people and minorities is based on the … more →

Tags: science and technology, pieces of information, Psychology, University of Michigan, How to Raise Our I.Q., Nicholas D. Kristof, structural disadvantages, Genetics, intelligence

Do Cultural Barriers Hamper US-Latin America Outsourcing?

caribbeancrmcentral wrote 8 months ago: One of the things I have heard repeatedly in my conversations with near shore sourcing partners in L … more →

Tags: Latin America outsourcing, Nearshoring, Delta Airlines, india outsourcing, CNN, Immigration, mum effect, cultural barriers and outsourcing, Obama and Latin America

Practicing Your Way to a Higher I.Q. - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com

karlfrankjr wrote 8 months ago: Image via Wikipedia   We’ve written earlier about Anders Ericsson’s research on talent, and we’ … more →

Tags: curriculum, Early Childhood, Education, Mehlville School District, poverty, Student Success, Anders Ericsson, Early Childhood Education, IQ

The Situation of Confabulation

The Situationist Staff wrote 8 months ago: Helen Philips had a nice article  titled “Mind fiction: Why your brain tells tall tales, … more →

Tags: Deep Capture, Choice Myth, Neuroscience, book, Illusions, vilayanur ramachandran, Timothy Wilson, confabulation, cognitive neur

Outliers - Success Is Complex1 comment

Tom Humbarger wrote 1 year ago: Outliers According to Wikipedia, an outlier “is an observation that is numerically distant fro … more →

Tags: Work, Success!, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, IQ, story of success, tipping point, Blink, culture of honor

Can genetics explain the achievement gap?17 comments

fightingwindmills wrote 1 year ago: My mom pointed out this op-ed article, “All Brains Are the Same Color” by Richard E. Nis … more →

Tags: ethnic identity, knight errant, Motherhood, Politics, Achievement gap, IQ, Race, Ruben Bolling

Amusement For Gigi

matttbastard wrote 2 years ago: by matttbastard (h/t boomgate for the vid) Via Jack Stephens and Amardeep Singh, Richard Nisbett and … more →

Tags: Academia, Bigotry, blah blah blah, Bullshit, classic fucktardery, Conservative, Conspiracy Theories, Culture War, Education


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