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Familiarity and Novelty in Aesthetic Preference: The Effects of the Properties of the Artwork and the Beholder

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Familiarity and novelty are fundamental yet competing factors influencing aesthetic preference. However, whether people prefer familiar paintings or novel paintings has not been clear.
Jiwon Song, Yuna Kwak, Chai-Youn Kim
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Undermining the Familiar and Embodiment Content in Arabic Calligraphy

open access: yesJournal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 2023
Contrary to deconstruction and its destructive pursuit, the concept of undermining the familiar seeks to refute the constants and its known limitations. It is done through the process of receiving and what is imposed by the formation of the word or text or the structural and design structure in general, along with the Arabic calligraphy in particular ...
Mohammed Radhee Ghadheb   +2 more
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Reasoning, Science, and the Ghost Hunt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper details how ghost hunting, as a set of learning activities, can be used to enhance critical thinking and philosophy of science classes. We describe in some detail our own work with ghost hunting, and reflect on both intended and unintended ...
Hansel, Timothy, Koolage, W. John
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The philosopher as artist: Ludwig Wittgenstein seen through Edoardo Paolozzi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this article I argue that the strong fascination that Wittgenstein has had for artists cannot be explained primarily by the content of his work, and in particular not by his sporadic observation on aesthetics, but rather by stylistic features of his ...
B. RUSSELL   +5 more
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Optimising content clarity for human-machine systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper details issues associated with the production of clearly expressed and comprehensible technical documentation for domestic appliances and human-machine systems, and describes an approach to optimising the clarity of such content. The aim is to
Anagnostou, N.K., Weir, George
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Local-Culture-Based Materials in Online Cooperative Learning: Improving Reading Achievement in Indonesian Context

open access: yesJournal of Innovation in Educational and Cultural Research, 2022
The use of Cooperative Learning (CL) has attracted a great attention in the field. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of CL in question along with local-culture-based materials toward students’ reading achievement.
Hieronimus Canggung Darong
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What young people want from health-related online resources: a focus group study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The growth of the Internet as an information source about health, particularly amongst young people, is well established. The aim of this study was to explore young people's perceptions and experiences of engaging with health-related online content ...
Bloor M.   +19 more
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How are affective word ratings related to lexicosemantic properties?:evidence from the Sussex Affective Word List [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Emotional content of verbal material affects the speed of visual word recognition in various cognitive tasks, independently of lexicosemantic variables. However, little is known about how the dimensions of emotional arousal and valence interact with the ...
Citron, Francesca M. M.   +2 more
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Topic Familiarity and Genre Familiarity: Which One Contributes More to Listening Comprehension?

open access: yesLingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa, 2020
The role of prior knowledge has been acknowledged in realm of English Language Teaching, including teaching Listening. Due to the profound role of prior knowledge, experts and practitioners compromise that the first step of teaching listening is building
Ririn Ovilia, Ainul Addinna
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Fixing Einstein's equations [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Einstein's equations for general relativity, when viewed as a dynamical system for evolving initial data, have a serious flaw: they cannot be proven to be well-posed (except in special coordinates).
Anderson, Arlen, York, Jr, James W.
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