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Nima's “Incomplete” Humans: Storying Adolescents’ Black Inhabitations in Accra

open access: yesAntipode, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I story adolescents as “incomplete” human beings whose inventive modes of storytelling and inhabiting community space shape a “black sense of place” in the Nima neighbourhood of Accra, Ghana. In collaborative arts‐based research with Spread‐Out Initiative NGO, Nima adolescents share stories and narrate experiences that witness
Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Emotional Functions of Co‐Speech Hand Gesture in Language and Communication

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Research over the past four decades has built a convincing case that co‐speech hand gestures play a powerful role in human cognition . However, this recent focus on the cognitive function of gesture has, to a large extent, overlooked its emotional role—a role that was once central to research on bodily expression.
Spencer D. Kelly, Quang‐Anh Ngo Tran
wiley   +1 more source

Multimodal analysis of synchronization data from patients with dementia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Little is known about the abilities of people with dementia to synchronize bodily movements to music. The lack of non-intrusive tools that do not hinder patients, and the absence of appropriate analysis methods may explain why such investigations remain ...
Desmet, FrankUGent001960895315801000562960971854648585F4230C92-F0ED-11E1-A9DE-61C894A0A6B4   +5 more
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Humour as a Pedagogical Tool: Evidence and Implications for Critical Geography

open access: yesAntipode, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we elaborate the results of a focused empirical study on the use of humour in teaching undergraduate geography courses. Through semi‐structured interviews and weekly reflections submitted by students, we delve into a diverse array of experiences and perceptions of humour as a pedagogical tool.
Ben A. Gerlofs, Xuechao Zheng
wiley   +1 more source

The Parallel Architecture in Language and Elsewhere

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract The Parallel Architecture is a conception of the organization of the mental representations involved in language and of the role of language in the mind as a whole. Its basic premise is that linguistic representations draw on three independent generative systems—phonological, syntactic, and semantic structures—plus a system of interface links ...
Ray Jackendoff
wiley   +1 more source

“Trees give life. Police take it”: Building and Fighting for Abolitionist Life‐Worlds, from the Weelaunee Forest to Georgia's Jails

open access: yesAntipode, EarlyView.
Abstract DeKalb County, Georgia has been mired in a struggle to defend its forest against the development of a militarised police training facility known as “Cop City”. Drawing on autoethnographic research as a criminalised forest defender and the Stop Cop City movement's social history, I show how forest defenders created abolitionist possibilities ...
Hannah Kass
wiley   +1 more source

Faculty recital series: "The Two Composers", April 18, 2009 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This is the concert program of the Faculty recital series: "The Two Composers" performance on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 7:30 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts.
School of Music, Boston University
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Physical Activity and Screen Time Trends in Swedish Youth: The Generation Pep Study 2018–2023

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To compare physical activity and screen time behaviour of Swedish youth between three pandemic phases using data from an annual survey, and to evaluate the feasibility of device‐measured physical activity for future survey rounds. Methods A repeated cross‐sectional study with data from a Swedish population‐based survey (2018–2023) with ...
Nina Kägi‐Braun   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting Audio Advertisement Quality

open access: yes, 2018
Online audio advertising is a particular form of advertising used abundantly in online music streaming services. In these platforms, which tend to host tens of thousands of unique audio advertisements (ads), providing high quality ads ensures a better ...
Bandiera Giuseppe   +9 more
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Music and Rhythm as Promising Tools to Assess and Improve Cognitive Development in Children: A Scoping Review

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Cost‐effective methods are needed to monitor and support cognitive development in children at risk of deficits. The aim of this review was to explore the diagnostic and therapeutic use of music and rhythm for cognition in children, either typically developing or with acquired brain injuries.
J. G. J. Visee   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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