What are some non-institution-specific scholarships or grants for someone who wants to do primate research this summer?
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posted by lemoncakeisalie
on Feb 6, 2013 -
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Do you know about any researchers studying human behavior with regard to motivation, habits, and goal-setting, or books/papers about those topics?
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posted by markbao
on Dec 19, 2012 -
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Is there a science of division? (i.e. Models of the phenomenon that communities often split into two blocs with some degree of mutual antagonism. And/or empirical data that such models could be compared against.)
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posted by philipy
on Nov 9, 2012 -
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Is there any scholarship out there about penis size and relative [success/happiness/confidence/etc]?
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posted by AgentRocket
on Dec 13, 2011 -
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I'm looking for some good, meaty non-fiction to read over Christmas break while I'm home from grad school. Something with difficult ideas, yet readable and contemporary, and taking a fairly "big picture" view of a particular field. Any suggestions? Examples below.
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posted by decoherence
on Dec 12, 2010 -
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Cutting edge strides and theories in neo-psychology - does an up and running, active Wiki exist?
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posted by watercarrier
on Apr 22, 2008 -
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I need help brainstorming creative ideas for visual stimuli which vary independently on two dimensions.
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posted by dmd
on Feb 21, 2007 -
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When we have sex it is usually women who utter the most vocal noise. What are the possible evolutionary origins of this?
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posted by 0bvious
on Jan 10, 2006 -
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Many years ago someone told me the recognised term for the kind of involuntary shudder that commonly affects people at rest. You know the kind that spontaneously rocks you, just for a moment, like you are shaking off the ghoulies, like the cliche says 'someone was walking on your grave'? I have since lost this word to time, and searching
the internet has brought only partial results.
Does anyone know it?
posted by 0bvious
on Nov 15, 2005 -
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What is the name of the curve or theory illustrating humans' comfort level with robots that look like people? Example: the more a robot looks like a person, the more uncomfortable people are in its presence, but the moment an artificial being is absolutely indistinguishable from the real thing, the comfort level goes back to normal. My Googling leads me nowhere, but I seem to recall reading about this somewhere on MeFi...
posted by Robot Johnny
on Oct 4, 2004 -
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I'm looking for any books (or studies), recommendations that might tackle the dynamics and relationships of
repression/suppression psychological mechanisms and profit-driven media in the so-called "Information Age," and its possible effect in societies.
I'd love to see serious research into the current notion that humans are indeed straying from preexisting social formations thanks to electrical and electronic communication systems (i.e. "growing desensitized"). Thanks in advance. Any related info is welcome, and truly appreciated. Psych majors/graduates? Social theory majors/graduates?
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posted by oog
on Jul 18, 2004 -
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