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| LIF | Are Hands-free Cellphones Really Safer?
A Dalhousie PhD student in experimental psychology says hands-free cellphones are not safer and may even be more dangerous than hand-held. | 04-Jul-2008
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| LIF | Study: Iraq War Hurt GOP, Not Democratic, Incumbents
This fall Democratic campaign strategists might want to target traditionally Republican congressional districts with heavy casualties in Iraq, according to research by two political scientists. The study finds that GOP incumbents were more likely to lose in district with heavy “hometown” losses.
Legislative Studies Quarterly | 02-Jul-2008
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| LIF | Can You See Me Now? We Hear What People Look Like
Can you hear what a person looks like? "The mere sound of a person’s voice contains important, embedded biological information,” says Susan Hughes, assistant professor of psychology at Albright College in Reading, Pa., who has researched vocal attractiveness and body symmetry.
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, Jun-2008 | 02-Jul-2008
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| LIF | Experimental Philosophy Movement Explores Real-life Dilemmas
Imagine a business executive who thinks: “I know that this new policy will harm the environment, but I don’t care at all about that – I just want to increase profits.” Is the business executive harming the environment intentionally? Faced with this question from a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill philosopher, 82 percent of people polled said yes.
Experimental Philosophy | 02-Jul-2008
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| LIF | English Faculty Take Great Books, Learning to Three Prisons
Thanks to a recent partnership between Middle Tennessee State University, the Tennessee Department of Correction and the Great Books Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization, prisoners at three Nashville-area prisons recently had a chance to explore “the sweet serenity of books” by participating in a nine-week program titled Great Books in Middle Tennessee Prisons. | 01-Jul-2008
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| LIF | Program Connects European and American Teens
Teenagers from Iceland, Tajikistan and Serbia will join high school students from 34 other countries for a U.S. Department of State-sponsored program at Wake Forest University June 28 through July 30. | 01-Jul-2008
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| LIF | Making Peace with Your College Student
Just a few weeks ago you were anxiously counting the days until your precious child came home from college. Now you just can’t wait to restore the peace in your home and get the kid back to school again. | 01-Jul-2008
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| Spiritual Effects of Hallucinogens Persist
In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in “sacred mushrooms,” produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those beneficial effects appear to last more than a year.
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Psychopharmacology | 01-Jul-2008
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| LIF | Political Participation Rooted in Genetic Inheritance
The decision to vote is partly genetic, according to a new study published in the American Political Science Review. (Embargo expired on 01-Jul-2008 at 00:00 ET.)
American Political Science Review | 01-Jul-2008
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| LIF | Elections Study: Voters Like Fresh Faces at Polling Places
Researchers found Ohio voters noticed improvements in their voting experience from a program that recruited young and fresh faces to staff polling places. (Embargo expired on 01-Jul-2008 at 00:00 ET.)
American Politics Research, Jul-2008 | 01-Jul-2008
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