We can listen to a car radio and drive while keeping an eye on changing traffic conditions -- separate complex tasks completed without much trouble. But if two people are talking to us at the same time, our perceptual frequencies get jammed, says a new Cornell study.
A special issue of the journal Memory is devoted to exploring the ways people edit memories for the inaccuracies and distortions known as false memories.
Major motion picture "All The King's Men," which opens in theatres across the country this weekend, premiered with star-studded pageantry at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Ben Munisteri of the New York-based Ben Munisteri Dance Projects is in the midst of creating a potentially groundbreaking modern dance piece. His organic, progressive vision for Terra Nova requires an executive director, a computer animator, and expertise in motion capture technology.
"We have to beware riding the wave of Islamaphobia that is now flowing over Europe. And we have to relate to the Pope's talk with great caution." So advised Dr. Fania Oz-Salzberger, senior lecturer in the University of Haifa's Faculty of Law and School of History.
The artists of the Guilin Chinese Painting Academy, who will stage a historic exhibition at the Indiana University Art Museum from Sept. 30 to Dec. 17, are devoted to carrying on the more than 300-year tradition in China of influential Guilin painting.
They're intrusive, annoying and, quite often, infuriating. But whether we like them or not, cellular phones are a fact of life, says Indiana University music professor David Baker. Baker's "Concertino for Cellular Phones and Orchestra," which will ring in the 20th anniversary season of the Chicago Sinfonietta, will incorporate audience members' cell phones in order to create a shared participatory performance experience.
In one of the first studies to assess the impact of lost public health care coverage on children in low-income families, researchers at RTI International found that health care needs of these children go unmet as they lose public health insurance.
Nearly 60 years ago, Florida State University students in Tallahassee, Fla. voted to adopt the name "Seminoles" for the school's athletic teams. Now, FSU students are able to learn more about the history and culture of this "unconquered" American Indian tribe through a newly created course.
Sixty years ago this fall, the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg handed down verdicts against Germany's Nazi leaders for crimes committed during World War II. A colloquium Oct. 6-7 at Bowling Green State University will revisit those courtroom proceedings to examine their implications today.
Work hard. Work smart. Get ahead. This formula for success has always been the venerable gold standard for the business world. Except on Wall Street, where the rules have often tended to work much more in your favor if you happen to be a man, according to Louise Marie Roth, an assistant professor of sociology at The University of Arizona.
Throughout his prolific career, author John Updike has been occupied with issues of faith and doubt. How Updike has dealt with that tension, particularly through the exploits of his most famous character "“ Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom "“ is the focus of a new book by St. Lawrence University Professor of English Peter J. Bailey.
Concertgoers have long applauded the orchestral and chamber works of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and television audiences will, too, when "Peanuts® Gallery" airs in October on PBS stations nationwide.
A premiere, international, multidisciplinary conference that brings over 1,500 people and agencies together to make a significant positive impact on creating violence and abuse-free homes, communities, and societies.
Georgia Tech All-American wide receiver Calvin Johnson is working to improve sanitation in developing countries by helping to create a prototype for an improved solar latrine system.
In his new book, Evil Incarnate: Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History, University of New Hampshire Professor David Frankfurter investigates the social and psychological patterns that have given rise to myths of witches, demons, satanic cults, and cannibalism throughout history. According to Frankfurter, evil does not exist as an entity beyond the realm of human understanding, but instead manifests as an unsettling public discourse created by folklore, cultural ideas, literature, and oral traditions.
The late 1960s and early 1970s were a turbulent time for the United States. In the South, perhaps nowhere was this more true than on the campus of FSU in Tallahassee, Fla. Now, for the first time in more than three decades, J. Stanley Marshall, the university's president from 1969 to 1976, will address some of the more contentious issues that took place during his presidency with a group of former FSU student leaders.
Japan awaits the birth of its next royal baby on Sept. 6. If the child is a boy, Japan has a new emperor. If the child is a girl, the country's political crisis will continue. Later this month, there will be more political action when the prime minister steps down.
U.S. service members and their families have to do double duty when adjusting to repeated deployments, but Purdue University researchers are providing information to help the government support the more than 1.3 million families of active duty and reserve personnel.
For female magazine readers, sex doesn't sell so much as it -- bores.
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland is a national leader in interactive - and participatory journalism. Based at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, J-Lab tracks, rewards and spotlights developments that are transforming the media.
The much-loved and long-running science fiction series Star Trek introduced viewers to plenty of fantastical ideas"”from the Borg to Vulcan mind melds to a transporter that could beam humans across space. But behind the science fiction lay quite a bit of real science, according to Vanderbilt University psychologist Randolph Blake.
University of Utah historian Martha Sonntag Bradley is available for comment and analysis on stories related to Warren Jeffs and the FLDS' practice of polygamy. Bradley can provide perspective on the many complex legal and religious issues surrounding the history and practice of polygamy in Utah.
Tuesday, Sept. 5, marks the 100th anniversary of the first documented forward pass in American football history, a play that would change the game forever. The play was called by a Saint Louis University coach following rule changes to help prevent on-field injuries (and deaths). Earlier, President Theodore Roosevelt had met with leaders of major universities to take steps to eliminate the game's more dangerous aspects.
A Purdue University political science professor's new book reflects on the roots of American identity through the writings of a mid-19th century writer.
A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows significant reductions in teen crash rates in California following enactment of the state's graduated licensing law.
Award-winning translation by a University of Arkansas professor recreates for English speakers the satire and comic-lyric sensibility of a beloved Roman poet.
Most of metropolitan Chicago's 400,000 Muslims are isolated from the communities in which they live, says Louise Cainkar, a scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago who has received a $50,000 grant from the Chicago Community Trust to recommend strategies by which Muslims can more quickly integrate into civic life.
Not according to a former ABC bureau chief who says that Katie Couric's ascension to the anchor chair on the CBS Evening News may signal the recognition that the era of a "news" program in the evening is over.
The Monadnock Institute of Nature, Place and Culture at Franklin Pierce College has been gathering significant community history for more than six years"”the culmination of the project is the publication of a just-released anthology of regional stories and illustrations published by University Press of New England.
Freshness dating influences the acceptability of products because it influences perceptions of freshness and of healthfulness, but not of safety, according to a study by Cornell's Brian Wansink.
The International Formula Council supports new airport security procedures but cautions that security officers must comply with warnings not to require opening or testing of baby formula. IFC has issued guidelines for traveling parents and caregivers about how to keep infant formula safe.
Women who break through the "glass ceiling" into top management jobs can help narrow the gender wage gap for nonmanagerial women who work for them, sociologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of California, Irvine have found.
Consider what is best for your ears as well as your taste buds when eating out, says a Purdue University audiologist. Some restaurants are so noisy that customers' and employees' hearing can be affected over time, and loud restaurants can become impossible places for people with hearing loss to visit with friends and families.
Two New Hampshire presidential primary experts are available to discuss the fallout of an expected rule change by the Democratic National Committee that would place the Nevada caucus ahead of the New Hampshire primary. The DNC votes Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006.
Two University of Iowa sociologists suggest that routine racial misidentification causes high levels of emotional distress and is more likely to make someone contemplate or attempt suicide. Lisa Troyer and Mary Campbell, both sociology professors in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, presented their paper on this topic at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.
Psychologists looking at the largely unknown world of how children perceive the future have found that the youngsters' choices are warped when they are caught up in a primal desire such as thirst.
An expert on serial-killer celebrities is available to discuss the auctioning of the Unabomber's things.
Women who accept their bodies the way they are seem to be more likely to follow principles of healthy eating, new research shows. The findings suggest that women's typical reasons for changing their diet "“ a dissatisfaction with their bodies "“ may backfire.
An ability to be open to new situations may predict intelligence earlier in life, says a new study, but disagreeableness may predict intelligence later in life. According to the findings, differences in personality predictors of intelligence were found between young adults, and those who retain a normal level of overall cognitive ability in old age and those older adults who are cognitively superior.
According to a recent study, faith-based positive religious resources can protect psychological well-being through enhanced hope and perceived social support during stressful experiences, like undergoing cardiac surgery. Furthermore, having negative religious thoughts and struggles may hinder recovery.
Women are not the only ones in American society who feel pressure to achieve the perfect body. New research suggests that men feel pressure to have muscular bodies, and that influence can lead some to symptoms of eating disorders, pressure to use steroids, and an unhealthy preoccupation with weightlifting.
Should ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro die or relinquish power, Cubans will experience a traumatic loss of the nation's most charismatic and controversial leader, according to a Cuba researcher at UMass Boston.
Scientists know that the longer your drive to work, the more likely you are to feel frustrated and irritated and to experience physiological stress. The same is true for rail commuters, a Cornell University researcher and his colleague have found.
"It's not about how to take care of plants; it's about how plants can be used to take care of people." That's how Tennessee Tech University agriculture professor Douglas Airhart defines horticultural therapy, a medical practice that uses nature, plants and gardening processes as vehicles for providing a wide range of therapy and rehabilitation programs.
One of the most significant changes in policing since 9/11 may be how the nation's lowest ranking officers approach their daily patrols, according to a new Rowan University study.
Marital therapy may be more effective at treating female alcoholics than traditional methods, according to the findings of a new study by researchers at RTI International; University of Southern California, San Diego; and Old Dominion University.
A string composition, discovered only in 1945 and believed to have been written by Benjamin Franklin late in his life, will soon be available for school orchestras to play, thanks to the work of a Mansfield University professor.
People often seek closure of painful memories, but research at the University of Arkansas shows that open memories may be useful in helping to achieve goals.
Love it or hate it, the interstate turned 50 this year, and historian Bruce Seely waxes poetic on the good, the bad and the ugly of this monument to the American automobile.
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