News tagged with cultural memory

Chairman says Samsung to focus on new products

South Korea's Samsung Electronics will this year focus on developing new products and tapping into new businesses to get ahead of competitors amid the global economic slowdown, its chairman said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

MS research: Myelin influences how brain cells send signals

The development of a new cell-culture system that mimics how specific nerve cell fibers in the brain become coated with protective myelin opens up new avenues of research about multiple sclerosis. Initial findings suggest ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study may help explain cultural differences in forming memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- People naturally sort words and objects into categories, a key process in forming memory. But when it comes to how things are mentally organized, cultures dramatically differ in their strategies.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Actions and personality, east and west

People in different cultures make different assumptions about the people around them, according to an upcoming study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The researchers studie ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Culture wires the brain: A cognitive neuroscience perspective

Where you grow up can have a big impact on the food you eat, the clothes you wear, and even how your brain works. In a report in a special section on Culture and Psychology in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a jour ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Wordless Holocaust memories speak truths for today

The Holocaust has shaped discourse on collective, social and cultural memory, serving both as touchstone and paradigm, according to a study published this month in the journal Memory Studies, published by SAGE.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0