It’s normal to not always act on your sense of compassion—for example, by walking past a beggar on the street without giving them any money. Maybe you want to save your money or avoid engaging with a homeless person. But even if suppressing compassion avoids these costs, it may carry a personal cost of its own, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. After people suppress compassionate feelings, an experiment shows, they lose a bit of their commitment to morality.
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"Lots people want to get started with game based learning, gamification and serious games in their training. We’ve been curating game related content for over a year and a half while conducting our own research and case studies. Here are 100 articles related to games and learning. Some of them are research-based, while others just offer an interesting perspective to spark discussion. Take what you need and share this with a colleague."
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"Research shows that kids learn more through gaming." <my hope is that we adults can too :-)
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3D printers build objects by cross-section, one layer at a time from the ground up—gravity is the limiting factor. But what if it wasn’t?
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3D printers build objects by cross-section, one layer at a time from the ground up—gravity is a limiting factor. But what if it wasn’t? Using proprietary 3D printing materials, Petr Novikov and Saša Jokić say their material 3D printing system is gravity independent. The duo’s method allows a robotic arm to print objects on floors, walls, ceilings—smooth and uneven surfaces.
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Likebooks takes digital memories from your Facebook Timeline and turns them into a printed, physical book.
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Follow Travis Lerol as he tests the Liberator, the world's first downloadable gun. We talk to Travis and Cody Wilson, the Liberator's creator, about the lega...
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Space presents a fantastic mystery to human life. Unfathomably large, with characteristics that defy our experience and understanding, the stars have perplex...
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If you are a french fry fanatic who wants to learn how to trick your brain into thinking an apple is french fries so you can live healthier, this will help!
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What they don't tell you is that your brain will pretty quickly figure this one out.
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A spine chilling new documentary addresses the myriad of new tools for surveillance that are now being put to use in the the UK's capital city. We learn of the case of a French man whose home was raided and who still remains on a...
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Why do so many sports players and athletes choose to wear the color red when they compete? A new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychologic
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The new study, conducted by psychological scientist Daniel Farrelly of the University of Sunderland and colleagues, demonstrated that males who chose red as their color in a competitive task had higher testosterone levels than other males who chose blue.
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If Martians wanted to vacation some place exotic, they might pick the Redwood forests of the Pacific, yet if they wanted to feel like they were at home, but with better hotels, a researcher has determined the best analogue of Mars.
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Is our universe merely one of billions? Evidence of the existence of 'multiverse' revealed for the first time by a cosmic map of background radiation data gathered by Planck telescope. This past week, the first 'hard evidence' that other universes exist has been claimed to have been found by cosmologists studying the Planck data. They have concluded that it shows anomalies that can only have been caused by the gravitational pull of other universes.
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“The importance of this finding is that it provides the missing ingredient in the origin-of-life recipe: a form of phosphorus that can be readily incorporated into essential biological molecules,” said Roger Buick, a co-author of the study.
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At TEDxWaterloo 2013 Jessica Grahn – a cognitive neuroscientist working at Western University, Canada – presented an engaging talk about why music moves us, and why picking up the beat might make us unique.
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Cool Ted Talk About music and cognition. Aphex Twin even gets a mention :)
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And also: Music: A Whole Body Experience" Neuroscientist Lawrence Parsons walks us through music’s effects on the brain ... | @scoopit http://sco.lt/6uqxlJ
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Finnish researchers found evidence implicating the male hormone androstadienone as a human pheromone, influencing the behaviors of men who get a whiff.
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short movie, which i had made by playing with different styles of animation sound background: Vector Lovers - Clandestine
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J. S. Bach's fourth Brandenburg Concerto, accompanied by a graphical score. FAQ Q: Where can I get the sheet music for this piece? A: Here: http://www.musani...
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Waseda University's humanoid robot, WABIAN-2RIII, walks more like a human thanks to a newly-designed shank (lower leg) presented at ICRA 2013. More: http://s...
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Research showing that happy people are more energetic, better at problem solving and take fewer sick days is garnering the attention of management
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In anticipation of some serious summer-blockbuster viewing this holiday weekend, we dug into the annals of food research to reveal insights into what your favorite Cineplex snack might say about you.
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Just how real is virtual reality? A recent study on avatars in a virtual environment shows the extent that our physical selves can be fused with customized versions.
When gamers create personalized representations of themselves, the challenges and joy that their avatars encounter can have real physical and emotional effects. To find out just how important that customization factor is, communications researchers did a study with 121 college-aged participants.
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Beautiful volcanoes discovered in Alaska, vanishing birds in Brazil and gems highlighting Earth's history are a few of the images we found to astound you this week.
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Toma and colleagues found that the participants experienced a significant boost in self-esteem even after looking at their own Facebook profile for just five minutes.
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