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Words, Sounds, and Meaning
In today’s Academic Minute, Lycoming College's Daniela Ribitsch examines the arbitrary connection between words and the objects they represent. Ribitsch...
Art and the Neuroscience of Color
In today’s Academic Minute, Wellesley College's Bevil Conway discusses how the brain creates color and reveals methods artists have used...
Nostalgia for Communism
In today’s Academic Minute, Bowdoin College's Kristen Ghodsee explains why after only two decades, many former Eastern Bloc countries are...
Why We Like Horror
In today’s Academic Minute, Lock Haven University's Dan Shaw explores the range of theories explaining why many of us enjoy...
Overcoming Fear
In today’s Academic Minute, Purchase College's Paul Siegel discusses how facing your fears can help you overcome them, even if...
Witch Hunts and Men
In today’s Academic Minute, Cornell University's Mary Beth Norton explores why the Salem witchcraft crisis was statistically more dangerous for...
Strategic Default and Mimetic Herding
In today’s Academic Minute, Old Dominion University's Michael Seiler discusses how the human tendency to copy the behavior of those...
China’s Feng Shui Forests
In today’s Academic Minute, Christopher Coggins of Simon's Rock of Bard College describes how the Chinese practice of feng shui...