Category Archives: Learning Science

Love and development (and learning?)

12 November 2010

Greetings radio listeners! I’m listening to This American Life’s episode #317: Unconditional Love, and would like to share it. Seven minutes into the program, it’s clear there’s significant food for thought about the kinds of nurturing environments critical to child development. Edit: Definitely fascinating; the first few minutes (and the …

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Supreme Court weighs violent videogames

2 November 2010

Greetings, gamers! Do you like your games nonviolent or raw? If you’re a minor, you may not have a say. A series of California bills could make it illegal to sell violent video games to those under the age of 18. Today, the Supreme Court discussed the merits of this …

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Decision Making: A Quickie

21 January 2010

Greetings, confounded-cereal-buyers! On the off-chance that you were unable to decide about what to do with the next hour, or the cereal to buy, I suggest you spend a bit of time watching a lecture by  Jonah Lehrer, which is a fine summary of the difficulty we humans have with decision-making. Among …

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