Wednesday, September 8, 2010

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Why the middle-aged brain can be a potent force

With middle age come a thousand losses. The keys, how could they have vanished? Reading glasses? Where did I park the damned car? The name of the actor in that movie . . . oh, never mind. The mental deterioration of middle age is real, though for most people it’s minor. People in their 40s, 50s and early 60s process information and respond more slowly;... [Read more of this review]


All your profs are wrong about plagiarism

One problem with the “plagiarism is stealing” line is that it rings hollow, and rightly so. Normally when people steal things, they deprive the owner of the things they steal. If you steal my car, I don’t have my car anymore. But every undergraduate senses that if they copy text from Wikipedia and paste it into their essays, no one is deprived... [Read more of this review]


Interesting Ideas on Time

This is a graphic recording of a lecture by Professor Philip Zimbardo on time. It illustrates the various perceptions of time and how it has changed over the years. The Secret Powers of Time  Read More →


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