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New Study Confirms That There Are Way Too Many Studies - 0 views

www.vocativ.com/...there-are-way-too-many-studies TOK history study information science
shared by Aidar Ulan on 11 Mar 15 - No Cached
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  • Aidar Ulan on 11 Mar 15
     
    In the end, it took a study to confirm that we're getting buried by studies - and it's impacting the brains of researchers. Some scientists formulated complex equations and concluded that with the new media age comes more material, and with more material comes a decline in our attention towards the important scientific studies.
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The Secret History of Knock-Knock Jokes - 3 views

www.npr.org/...t-history-of-knock-knock-jokes TOK psychology history language
shared by Aidar Ulan on 03 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • Aidar Ulan on 03 Mar 15
     
    Knock. Knock. Who's there? Joe King. Joe King who? Joking like this used to be considered a sickness by some people. The knock-knock joke has been a staple of American humor since the early 20th century. With its repetitive set-up and wordplay punchline, the form has been invoked - and understood - by people of all ages and sensibilities.
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How the Color Red Influences Our Behavior - Scientific American - 0 views

www.scientificamerican.com/...or-red-influences-our-behavior TOK science perception emotion behvior
shared by Aidar Ulan on 02 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • red regularly sways behavior.
  • Red is a powerful color
  • It means luck in China, where bridal wear is red, mourning in parts of Africa and sex in Amsterdam's red-light district.
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  • Charged with social and cultural meanings
  • Whereas humans are trichromats—meaning that we have three types of retinal cones sensitive to long (red), medium (green) and short (blue) wavelengths—cattle are dichromats: they possess only two kinds of cones.
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