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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Jacob Blaisdell

Jacob Blaisdell

Language and Social Identity - 0 views

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    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.
Jacob Blaisdell

Laughter is no joke - 3 views

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    Laughter is primal, our first form of communication. Scientist believe that laughter is mainly a social response oppose to a response to a joke.
Jacob Blaisdell

How your Brain listens to Music - 4 views

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    Short exerts from multiple different experiments involving music and the brain.
Jacob Blaisdell

Music and the brain - 4 views

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    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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