Cognitive pitfall! Videogame players are not immune to dual-task costs
2012 study by Duke, Penn State and Colby on how skilled video game players are not necessarily better multitaskers.
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Global oil: Areas of growth, capacity and long-term outlook
2012 study from the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center on how the production of oil may increase rapidly in the coming decade.
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Effect of narrative news format on empathy for stigmatized groups
2012 study in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly on different reader responses to narrative stories versus policy stories, and the relative benefits of narrative stories.
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Expert credibility in climate change
2010 study in PNAS analyzing the beliefs of more than 1,000 scientists about human-induced climate change.
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Who doesn’t value English? Debunking myths about Mexican immigrants’ attitudes
2012 study in Social Science Quarterly on the importance that U.S. immigrants, particularly from Mexico and Latin America, placed on learning English
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Research chat: David Karpf, scholar of Internet organizing and activism
2012 interview with George Washington assistant professor David Karpf about the changing patterns of Internet-based activism in America.
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Glossary of common terms used in digital journalism
Crowdsourced glossary of common digital-journalism terms from Hacks/Hackers
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Poverty and health: The mediating role of perceived discrimination
2012 study from Cornell University and University of Wisconsin-Madison in Psychological Science on how poverty levels and perceived discrimination can lead to poorer health.
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Impact of mobile phone coverage on market participation: Evidence from Uganda
2009 study from the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies in World Development on how mobile technology can help farmers thrive.
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Air pollutants from automotive traffic act on glutamatergic neurons
2011 study in Environmental Health Perspectives on responses in rodent brains to particulate matter from highway traffic.
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