Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Kele Ding
15 Jun 2008
Imagine a photograph showing your friend’s face. Although you might think that every single detail in his face matters to recognize him, previous experiments have shown that the brain prefers a rather coarse resolution instead.
This is tantamount to that a small rectangular photograph of about 30 to 40 pixels in [...]
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Filed under: Psychology
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Kele Ding
17 Jun 2008
A unique new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institute (KI) suggests that the attitude of families and the public have little impact on if adults decide to have sex with persons of the same or the opposite sex. Instead, hereditary factors and the individual’s unique experiences have the [...]
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Filed under: Adolescent Health
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Kele Ding
In the Harvard Public Health Review, seven HSPH faculty experts suggest concrete ways the next U.S. President can level the playing field for all Americans by promoting policies focused on:
- high quality schools
- safe neighborhoods and workplaces
- a cleaner environment
- reducing poverty
- desegregating our health care system
- protecting and nurturing the physical, mental and social development of children under the age [...]
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Filed under: Just Reading
