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Lisa Stewart

Early Human Evolution:  Early Transitional Humans - 0 views

  • Early transitional humans had brains that on average were about 35% larger than those of Australopithecus africanus
  • chimpanzees 300-500 australopithecines 390-545 early transitional humans 509-752 modern humans 900-1880
Ryan Catalani

Multitasking may harm the social and emotional development of tweenage girls, but face-... - 17 views

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    "Tweenage girls who spend endless hours watching videos and multitasking with digital devices tend to be less successful with social and emotional development ... The girls' answers showed that multitasking and spending many hours watching videos and using online communication were statistically associated with a series of negative experiences: feeling less social success, not feeling normal, having more friends whom parents perceive as bad influences and sleeping less. ... The survey findings are bad news, given that the 8 to 12 age range is critical for the social and emotional development of girls, and because children are becoming active media consumers at an ever-younger age. ... Higher levels of face-to-face communication were associated with greater social success, greater feelings of normalcy, more sleep and fewer friends whom parents judged to be bad influences. Children learn the difficult task of interpreting emotions by watching the faces of other people, Pea said. ... For the negative effects of online gorging, "There seems to be a pretty powerful cure, a pretty powerful inoculant, and that is face-to-face communication," Nass said."
Quinn Kilrain

The Benefits of Face-to-Face Communication - 0 views

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    Nothing can replace the value of face-to-face communication. In fact, it's said that over 90% of how we communicate is through nonverbal cues like gestures and facial expressions. With that said, one cannot underestimate the power of video conferencing to enable businesses to maximize the effectiveness of their communication.
chasemizoguchi17

How Texting Changes Communication - 9 views

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    This article talks about how texting makes students less comfortable with face-to-face conversations. It also talks about how most "texters" only have surface-level conversations.
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    Texting has, in many ways, made communication easier by helping people avoid long, unpleasant phone conversations and making a quick "Hello" much easier. Texting prevents us from fully developing from face-to-face communication, surface level communication, written communication, and really alters social boundaries.
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    This article discusses how Texting has, in many ways, made communication easier by helping people avoid long, unpleasant phone conversations and making a quick "Hello" much easier. According to a research done 72% of teenagers text regularly, and one in three sends more than 100 texts per day.
kamiwong19

Why is sarcasm so difficult to detect in texts and emails? - 1 views

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    This article answers the question of why sarcasm is hard to detect in texting and email conversations. It depends on things like context of the person like the relationship you have with the person you are using sarcasm with. Also, with texting, you can't convey your emotions with facial expressions like you do in face-to-face conversation. Emojis help a little bit with that, but it isn't the same as a face-to-face interaction.
ablume17

'Not Face': Expression of disagreement is universal part of language, study says - 0 views

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    They say a smile is the universal language of kindness, but it appears that's not the only facial expression understood across the world. Scientists have discovered the 'Not Face', which they say is a global expression of disagreement.
Lara Cowell

One Reason Teens Respond Differently To The World - 0 views

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    Recognition of subtle emotional cues may be developmental, according to neurological research. At the McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., Deborah Yurgelun-Todd and a group of researchers have studied how adolescents perceive emotion as compared to adults. The scientists looked at the brains of 18 children between the ages of 10 and 18 and compared them to 16 adults using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Both groups were shown pictures of adult faces and asked to identify the emotion on the faces. Using fMRI, the researchers could trace what part of the brain responded as subjects were asked to identify the expression depicted in the picture. The results surprised the researchers. The adults correctly identified the expression as fear. Yet the teens answered "shocked, surprised, angry." Moreover, teens and adults used different parts of their brains to process what they were feeling. The teens mostly used the amygdala, a small almond shaped region that guides instinctual or "gut" reactions, while the adults relied on the frontal cortex, which governs reason and planning. As the teens got older, however, the center of activity shifted more toward the frontal cortex and away from the cruder response of the amygdala. Yurgelun-Todd, director of neuropsychology and cognitive neuroimaging at McLean Hospital believes the study goes partway to understanding why the teenage years seem so emotionally turbulent. The teens seemed not only to be misreading the feelings on the adult's face, but they reacted strongly from an area deep inside the brain. The frontal cortex helped the adults distinguish fear from shock or surprise. Often called the executive or CEO of the brain, the frontal cortex gives adults the ability to distinguish a subtlety of expression: "Was this really fear or was it surprise or shock?" For the teens, this area wasn't fully operating.
haileysonson17

What one snarky facial expression could teach us about the evolution of language - 1 views

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    This article talks about a face all humans make, the "not face." It combines the 3 emotions of anger, disgust, and contempt. It not only shows that we are able to express complex emotions, but also how the "not face" is closely tied to language. In ASL speakers, the sign for "not" is also replaced with the negative expression. This article also highlights how facial expression affects language and that there could be more facial expressions like grammatical markers.
Lisa Stewart

ARTNATOMY/ARTNATOMIA - 1 views

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    Launches a flash application in which you can watch muscles of the face engage to reveal certain emotions...useful in detection of lying or "fake smiles."
karamachida

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/03/text-messaging-texting-conversation_n_1566408.... - 2 views

Many people say that the most successful communicators have the ability to do both talk and text, but some fear that more people are losing the ability to have or avoiding face to face conversation...

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Lara Cowell

Live long and ... Facebook? - 0 views

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    Is social media good for you, or bad? Well, it's complicated. A UC San Diego study of 12 million Facebook users suggests that using Facebook is associated with living longer -- when it serves to maintain and enhance your real-world social ties. Those on Facebook with highest levels of offline social integration -- as measured by posting more photos, which suggests face-to-face social activity -- have the greatest longevity. Online-only social interactions, like writing wall posts and messages, showed a nonlinear relationship: Moderate levels were associated with the lowest mortality. Facebook users who accepted the most friendships also lived longest.
lmukaigawa17

Guide to Reading Microexpressions - Science of People - 0 views

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    The face is the easiest way to tell someones emotions. A Scientist studied blind people and noticed that even they make facial expressions when they feel a certainn way. There are 7 different micro expressions: surprise, fear, disgust, anger, happiness, sadness, and hate.
Lisa Stewart

No Lie! Your Facebook Profile Is the Real You | Wired Science | Wired.com - 10 views

  • Facebook is so true to life, Back claims, that encountering a person there for the first time generally results in a more accurate personality appraisal than meeting face to face
Ryan Catalani

BBC News: Tu and Twitter: Is it the end for 'vous' in French? - 0 views

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    "The informal version of "you" in the French language - "tu" - seems to be taking over on social media, at the expense of the formal "vous". As in many countries, online modes of address in French are more relaxed than in face-to-face encounters. But will this have a permanent effect on the French language?"
Ryan Catalani

Bird's-Eye View - Radiolab - 1 views

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    "Dr. Lera Boroditsky tells us about a language in Australia in which a pigeon-like ability to orient yourself is so crucial...you can't even say hello without knowing exactly which direction you're facing." Part of this podcast: http://www.radiolab.org/2011/jan/25/
Lara Cowell

The Period Is Pissed - 3 views

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    Article discusses the changing meaning of a period in texting: how the punctuation mark that used to simply show the end of a thought has taken on a new, irate persona. In texting, a line break shows neutrality. Guess it's time to resort to face-to-face conversations, eh? Eliminates ambiguity. (That last period has friendly intentions, BTW!). Great article: who knew parsing punctuation was fraught with such social peril?
Lara Cowell

Redefining What It Means To Talk In The Age Of Smartphones - 1 views

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    Talking is arguably one of the most powerful forms of expression, alongside writing and art. We use our voices to ask questions, to deliver bad news, to tell someone we love them. But the way we talk to each other is changing. The uniqueness of our voices is being drowned out by the pitter-patter of keyboards; we're always typing, texting, responding. The positives: devices like cellphones complement face-to-face or ear-to-ear conversations. The negatives: expecting immediate responses; heightened miscommunication, and muted social interaction.
karunapyle17

Is Constant Texting Good or Bad for Your Relationship? - 2 views

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    In the good old days, dating was defined by a series of face-to-face encounters. People met, they spent time in each other's company, they got to know each other's friends and family, and they evaluated the quality of their connection and compatibility in person...
sworrall16

It's in America's DNA to Be 'Divisive' - 0 views

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    Let's face it: There are some things we just can't face. Life's too short. Somebody's too sensitive. And the subject - whatever it is, although lately it's been whatever - is too third-rail dangerous. Border walls, charter schools, closing Guantánamo, global warming, that Al Jazeera documentary claiming Peyton Manning used performance-enhancing drugs, Hillary Clinton, #OscarsSoWhite: Why bring any of this up?
Quinn Kilrain

Beyond Texting: Face-to-Face Communication for Teens - 0 views

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    This article by Debra Fine discusses the consequences of using texting and technology as a crutch.
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