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Language and Social Identity - 0 views

www.academia.edu/...entity_a_psychosocial_approach language psychosocial identity
shared by Jacob Blaisdell on 17 May 13 - No Cached
  • Jacob Blaisdell on 17 May 13
     
    A Psychosocial approach to the link between language and identity. This author writes about how he believes that language is an integral part of both the cultural identity and national identity.
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Laughter is no joke - 3 views

www.nbcnews.com/...scientists-laughter-no-joke
shared by Jacob Blaisdell on 14 May 13 - No Cached
  • Jacob Blaisdell on 14 May 13
     
    Laughter is primal, our first form of communication. Scientist believe that laughter is mainly a social response oppose to a response to a joke.
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How your Brain listens to Music - 4 views

www.news.harvard.edu/...HowYourBrainLis.html Music Brain Strokes
shared by Jacob Blaisdell on 12 Mar 13 - Cached
  • Jacob Blaisdell on 12 Mar 13
     
    Short exerts from multiple different experiments involving music and the brain.
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Music and the brain - 4 views

www.npr.org/...r-of-music-to-affect-the-brain music brain
shared by Jacob Blaisdell on 27 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Jacob Blaisdell on 27 Feb 13
     
    A South African scientist who was pregnant wanted to document what sounds actually reached the fetus during pregnancy. She designed a waterproof microphone that was put inside next to the fetus' neck. Outside music was recorded by the microphone proving that music can be heard in the womb. Music also stimulates the brain more than anything else scientist have tested and has been used in some cases to coax parts of the brain to take over the job of other, dead parts of the brain in stroke patients
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