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The Complementary Brain: From Brain Dynamics To Conscious Experiences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
How do our brains so effectively achieve adaptive behavior in a changing world? Evidence is reviewed that brains are organized into parallel processing streams with complementary properties.
Grossberg, Stephen
core   +1 more source

For an inviting anthropology Pour une anthropologie accueillante

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists have recently become inspired, captivated even, by the practices of the arts, design, and architecture in efforts to renew anthropology's modes of engagement and understandings of its relevance, particularly affecting how we approach ethnographic fieldwork.
Tomás Criado   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shameful or shameless? Anxieties about mothers and women's autonomy on the Central African Copperbelt, 1956–1964

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines ...
Stephanie Lämmert
wiley   +1 more source

Are physiological oscillations physiological?

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract figure legend Mechanisms and functions of physiological oscillations. Abstract Despite widespread and striking examples of physiological oscillations, their functional role is often unclear. Even glycolysis, the paradigm example of oscillatory biochemistry, has seen questions about its oscillatory function.
Lingyun (Ivy) Xiong, Alan Garfinkel
wiley   +1 more source

Interaction Design: Foundations, Experiments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Interaction Design: Foundations, Experiments is the result of a series of projects, experiments and curricula aimed at investigating the foundations of interaction design in particular and design research in general.
Hallnäs, Lars, Redström, Johan
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Cetaceans are the next frontier for vocal rhythm research

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
While rhythm can facilitate and enhance many aspects of behavior, its evolutionary trajectory in vocal communication systems remains enigmatic. We can trace evolutionary processes by investigating rhythmic abilities in different species, but research to ...
Taylor A. Hersh   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
wiley   +1 more source

Discussion and analysis of a graduate recital: an examination of Gary Burton's "Chega De Saudade," Steve Reich's "Marimba Phase," Michael Gordon's "XY," John Cage's "In a Landscape," Minoru Miki's "Time for Marimba," and Milton Babbitt's "Homily" [PDF]

open access: yes, 1964
Master's Project (M.Mu.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2017This paper discusses some of the many facets of percussion music through the examination and analysis of the following works: Gary Burton's Chega De Saudade for solo vibraphone; Steve Reich's ...
Hull, Christopher James Edgar
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Beware the ‘Monological Imperatives’: Scholarly Writing for the Reader [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This article describes principles of effective academic writing - offered not as edicts, but as guidelines - for legal scholars in particular. The overall focus is style, but the discussion begins with observations of format.
Magat, Joan A.
core   +3 more sources

Using EPCG for Designing a Hexagon Tangram Puzzle

open access: yesArtificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference
Designing and tuning a game is a complex creative process, with a variety of tools have been designed for assisting human designers in this process.
Yazeed Mahmoud, Nathan R Sturtevant
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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