News tagged with abstract
Computer scientist cracks mysterious 'Copiale Cipher'
The manuscript seems straight out of fiction: a strange handwritten message in abstract symbols and Roman letters meticulously covering 105 yellowing pages, hidden in the depths of an academic archive.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Single dose of hallucinogen may create lasting personality change
A single high dose of the hallucinogen psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called "magic mushrooms," was enough to bring about a measureable personality change lasting at least a year in nearly 60 percent of the 51 participants ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Word association: Study matches brain scans with complex thought
In an effort to understand what happens in the brain when a person reads or considers such abstract ideas as love or justice, Princeton researchers have for the first time matched images of brain activity ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 31, 2011 |
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When will a message of social responsibility backfire?
Consumers don't react positively to all messages of corporate social responsibility, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. The message needs to line up with consumers' mindsets and understanding of the ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Be it numbers or words -- the structure of our language remains the same
It is one of the wonders of language: We cannot possibly anticipate or memorize every potential word, phrase, or sentence. Yet we have no trouble constructing and understanding myriads of novel utterances every day. How do ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Babies can perform sophisticated analyses of how the physical world should behave: study
Over the past two decades, scientists have shown that babies only a few months old have a solid grasp on basic rules of the physical world. They understand that objects can't wink in and out of existence, and that objects ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 26, 2011 |
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Toddlers know when the tally is right: study
Parents keen on giving their child a jump on the competition can teach the rudiments of counting even before a toddler can talk, according to a study published Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Scientists explain the neurological process for the recognition of letters and numbers
"We analyzed the influence of the context given by a word when linking the physical traits of its components to the abstract representations of letters," explains to SINC Nicola Molinaro, main author of the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Court rules against inventors in patent case
(AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to weigh in on whether software, online-shopping techniques and medical diagnostic tests can be patented, saying only that inventors' request for protection of a method of hedging ...
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Neural mechanisms of abstract learning
A new study provides intriguing insight into the way that humans approach novel situations. The research, published in the April 29 issue of the journal Neuron, reveals neural mechanisms that underlie our remarkable abilit ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 28, 2010 |
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'Mind-reading' brain-scan software showcased in NY
(AP) -- Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers - now some computers can do it, too.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Want to convince? Use abstract rather than concrete language
When consumers talk to each other about products, they generally respond more favorably to abstract language than concrete descriptions, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Their infinite wisdom
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hotel guests come and go. But in the first decade of the 1900s, a pair of frequent Russian visitors to the Hotel Parisiana, near the Sorbonne on Paris' Left Bank, stood out vividly. The children ...
Dec 14, 2009 |
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The Link Between Weight and Importance
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has demonstrated what we must have known all along at some level: that there is a link between the physical act of carrying heavy objects and the abstract concept of importance.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 27, 2009 |
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The art of persuasion: Are consumers interested in abstract or concrete features?
What types of messages are most persuasive? For example, would you be more likely to buy a TiVo if an ad described it as offering you freedom or if it explained how you could replay sports events? A new study in the Journal of ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2009 |
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