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Police killings and racial disparities in American law enforcement

The recent police killings and other forms of abuse of authority by law enforcers in the US reinforce the critical and long-demanded need for policy reforms in the nation, a need that has too frequently been disregarded.

~12 min read

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Humor and the laughter advantage in workplace leadership

One of the areas of exploration discussed is the use of humor in the workplace to help workers bond and increase confidence so as to develop intelligent followers.

~33 min read

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Book Review Undergraduate 2,764 words

Telling Lies by Paul Ekman: A Critical Book Review

A critical review of Paul Ekman's Telling Lies, examining his research on nonverbal cues, micro-expressions, deception detection, and the psychology of lying.

Psychology

~14 min read

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James Gleick's "Information": history, theory, and redefinition

There are a number of fairly sensational, possibly conclusions and premises that exist within the Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, which was authored by James Gleick and was received to a host of critical responses in the early part of 2011.

~11 min read

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Nozick's critique of Rawls' difference principle

Robert Nozick would object to John Rawls' difference principle by emphasizing that society supports privileged individuals regardless of the fact that some people prefer to take on ignorant attitudes regarding the idea of liberty.

~7 min read

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Mississippi's personhood amendment and Judith Jarvis Thomson's abortion defense

In Mississippi, a bill that advocated an extreme position on abortion rights was submitted to voters. It was ultimately rejected, despite the fact that Mississippi is a very conservative state.

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Split fovea theory and bilateral projection theory in reading

Discuss how perceptual constraints and cerebral organization influence how words are recognized during reading.

~7 min read

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Book Review Graduate 1,814 words

Rethinking Military History: A Critical Book Review

A critical review of Jeremy Black's Rethinking Military History, examining its key arguments on Eurocentrism, technology bias, and military historiography's blind spots.

History

~10 min read

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2,282 words

Mental representations, dualism, and the mind-brain problem

In cognitive (neuro) science all through the last few decades, as in philosophy in the last 100 years, the issue of the mind-body (or mind-brain) occurrences is still open to discussion. Illogically, ever since Descartes nobody has suggested a workable alternate view of this problem.

~12 min read

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Metacommunication in Gregory Bateson's theory of play and fantasy

In Gregory Bates' "A theory of play and fantasy," he emphasized the importance of the concept "metacommunication" in studying interactions and their meanings between or among communicators within a specific social context.

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