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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Engaging students and fostering interactions can be a challenge in large enrollment, foundational‐level, undergraduate anatomy classes. Despite the active learning environment of the anatomy laboratory, students often struggle to find study partners or even speak to fellow learners in a large classroom.
Kristin Stover +2 more
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Recognition of emotions in German laughter across cultures
Scientific ReportsLaughter conveys a wide range of information relevant for social interaction. In previous research we have shown that laughter can convey information about the sender’s emotional state, however other research did not find such an effect.
Diana P. Szameitat, André J. Szameitat
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Pathological Laughter as a Symptom of Midbrain Infarction
Behavioural Neurology, 2004 Pathological laughter is an uncommon symptom usually caused by bilateral, diffuse cerebral lesions. It has rarely been reported in association with isolated cerebral lesions. Midbrain involvement causing pathological laughter is extremely unusual.
Ron Dabby +5 more
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Expanding AirSTAR Capability for Flight Research in an Existing Avionics Design [PDF]
, 2012 The NASA Airborne Subscale Transport Aircraft Research (AirSTAR) project is an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) test bed for experimental flight control laws and vehicle dynamics research.
Laughter, Sean A.
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NeuroTwister: Gamified learning to teach cross‐sectional neuroanatomy to medical students
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Neuroscience is a required course in many health professions curricula, but with it often comes neurophobia, the fear or difficulty that students experience when attempting to learn neuroscience. Traditional teaching methods in neuroanatomy may contribute to cognitive overload and stress, reinforcing the notion that neuroanatomy is ...
Cameron B. Jeter +3 more
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No pain, no gain - the provocation of laughter in slapstick comedy [PDF]
, 2010 This article explores the relationship between danger and laughter in the work of a number of what might be defined as slapstick or physical comedians. The notion of physical comedians risking life and limb in order to generate laughter from an admiring ...
Peacock, Louise S
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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The collection of sententiae associated with the mimographer Publilius and its portrayal of laughter, tears, and silence [PDF]
, 2013 The purpose of this paper is two-fold: to provide an up-to-date overview of the main problems pertaining to the purpose and transmission of a collection of apophthegms (sententiae), associated with the mime-actor and mimographer Publilius, and to discuss
Panayotakis, Costas
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Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
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Investigating facial features of four types of laughter in historic illustrations
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2013 This study investigates the facial features of different laughter types in historic illustrations. Several conceptually different types of laughter were proposed in the historic literature, but only four types were represented in visual and verbal ...
Willibald Friedrich Ruch +2 more
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