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Monkey See, Monkey Speak - 0 views

www.scientificamerican.com/...monkey-see-monkey-speak-video
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  • David Fei-Zhang on 20 Dec 14
     
    Not only that, they have distiguished a language system for why certain sounds indicate what rule.
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Shame on Us: Toward Defining Basic Emotions - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...141215185312.htm language brain emotion
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  • David Fei-Zhang on 16 Dec 14
     
    Emotions are complicated and never more so than in the realm of the scientific, where commonly accepted definitions are lacking. In a new article, a researcher examines the basic emotions of grief, fear/anxiety, anger, shame and pride as they appear in scientific literature in an attempt to take a first step in defining them. "Emotion terms, especially in English, are wildly ambiguous," he writes in the paper's introduction
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Broad receptive field responsible for differentiated neuronal activity - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...141216100525.htm brain neurons
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  • David Fei-Zhang on 16 Dec 14
     
    Some neurons are more active than others, even when they are positioned right next to each other and are one and the same neuron type. Researchers now have discovered the cause for this phenomenon.
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Brain training using sounds can help aging brain ignore distractions - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...141120123138.htm learning brain
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  • David Fei-Zhang on 21 Nov 14
     
    A scientific study on how listening to certain tones while studying can help the brain phase out distractions.
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Imagination, reality flow in opposite directions in the brain - 0 views

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  • David Fei-Zhang on 21 Nov 14
     
    "As real as that daydream may seem, its path through your brain runs opposite reality. Aiming to discern discrete neural circuits, researchers have tracked electrical activity in the brains of people who alternately imagined scenes or watched videos."
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Learn to Read Chinese with Ease - 1 views

www.ted.com/...earn_to_read_chinese_with_ease language language_evolution reading comprehension picture art
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  • David Fei-Zhang on 15 Sep 14
     
    This is just a "picturesque" way to read Chinese. This was mentioned in class and this came to mind!
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3 Reasons Why You're Still an Intermediate Level Language Learner - 5 views

www.thepolyglotdream.com/-intermediate-language-learner language language_development learning learning_development goal_setting
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  • David Fei-Zhang on 15 Sep 14
     
    In order to understand learning a new language (or anything for that matter), one must realize that learning is not linear. There are plateaus and there are sometimes declines, however, one can try to realize that learning is a process that takes time to develop (healthy habits) and eventually, reach a learning level of an "expert".
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