Anxiously attached people who worry about separation and abandonment tend to be good lie detectors according to Research Digest. Being able to delineate when a person is being truthful and when they are lying is a crucial skill for a poker player. Researchers Tsachi Ein Dor and Adi Perry suggest that anxiously attached individuals seem…
Read MoreCultural Adaptation & Global Dexterity
Cross-Cultural Adaptation has become a hot topic in this global business world. From the Internet, Skype and overseas travel, it is important to be able to adapt and communicate with a variety of varying cultures. Andy Molinsky, who is an associate professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School and author, has broached the topic of…
Read MoreThe Evolution of the Cosmos
Astrophysicist, George Smoot, shares new images from deep space in his Ted Talk, The Design of the Universe. One of his key questions is How come there are so many galaxies? Visible to the Hubble Space telescope there are approximately 100 billion galaxies, which is roughly the number of stars in our own galaxy. How…
Read MoreStudents Perform Better With Hand Gestures
A simple wave of the hand can boost a child’s performance in mathematics. A new study published in Child Development found that students perform better when instructors teach with hand gestures—something that teachers in the United States do less commonly than teachers in other parts of the world. National Geographic reported on this study that…
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