Monday, January 14, 2008
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Archive for January 14, 2008
Feeling Stumped? Pacing Might Help Clarify Your Thoughts
For instance, a study led by Arizona State University psychology professor Arthur Glenberg found that arm movements can affect language comprehension. Children are more likely to solve mathematics problems if they are told to gesture with their hands as they think through the problem. Another line of research has found that unconscious eye movements help people solve certain kinds of brainteasers.
Body actions also seem to subtly shape preferences over time. Expert typists, when told to name their favorite two-letter combinations from a random selection, picked out easy-to-type couplets, but couldn’t give a reason why they preferred them.
The source for the above (there’s more if you follow the link) is Don’t just stand there, think from The Boston Globe.
Award Winners
Caldecott Medal: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Newbery Medal: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
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Best line of the day, so far
“Mitt Romney Defends Himself Against Allegations Of Tolerance”
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I think, therefore I mess up
The Daily Howler points out this strange discussion by John Judis in The New Republic [emphasis the Howler's]:
Could it be that voters lied to pollsters this time, too?
Andrew Kohut, a pollster for the Pew Research Center, thinks so. Kohut is the eminence grise among pollsters. His interpretation was published in The New York Times. Suffice it to say, it carried a lot of weight. Kohut’s argument goes as follows: Clinton did much better in the final count than Obama among poorer, less educated voters. These voters “have more unfavorable views of blacks” than wealthier, more educated voters. Kohut doesn’t accuse these voters of lying.
So, to summarize Judis:
1. Could it be they lied.
2. Andrew Kohut thinks so.
3. Kohut doesn’t accuse these voters of lying.
Don’t they even read what they write?
Juno
If you’ve seen the wonderful movie Juno — and you should, it’s entertaining and poignant — then the following may interest you:
When I read Flanagan’s op-ed piece yesterday, my reaction was “Oh, take a breath. Life isn’t that serious. It’s only a movie.” Slate’s writers say it better than I thought it.
Best line of the day, so far
“After spending 91.1% of his money in Florida, Giuliani is seeing McCain pass him in the polls. 9/11″
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I pledge impertinence….
At The Edge of the America West, Eric critiques the state flags.
