“Research and theory in social psychology, for instance, indicates that the relationship between stimuli and action may involve an intervening process of conscious thought about the action, such that thought works multiplicatively with underlying sources of motivation to amplify the … Continue reading
full text search = searching a collection of documents, such as websites or online journal articles, based on the words that appear in the documents (as opposed to searching based on categories or subjects assigned to the documents) The problems … Continue reading
NPR’s Robert Siegel speaks with Ilan Stavans about his book, Quixote: The Novel and the World. According to Ilan Stavans, quixotic is the only word coined from the title of a novel. Also, he says, “If a writer doesn’t do … Continue reading
In 1988, sociologist Susan Leigh Star coined the term “boundary object” to describe artifacts or ideas that are shared but understood differently by multiple communities. Though each group attaches a different meaning to the boundary object, it serves as a … Continue reading
Pluto got demoted. Constellations get demoted. Meanwhile, the good ole Brontosaurus got reinstated (and its looks got updated a bit in the process). “It’s the classic example of how science works,” said study co-author Octávio Mateus. “Especially when hypotheses are … Continue reading
