Many Voices: A Conversation with Dialect Coach Sarah Shippobotham
Sarah Shippobotham is head of the University of Utah?s renowned Actor Training Program, and she also teaches classes on dialects. In this interview, Shippobotham discusses the art of dialects, and how to teach?students the craft of sounding like?they...
Chemical Communication in Cockroaches
Use to develop experimental design of sex pheromone concentrations, and observing courtship behavior of cockroaches. This may be used in entomology or physiology laboratory classes.
Chick Embryos in Shell-less Culture
Continuous observation of developing embryos from day 3 up to day 18 of incubation allows students to see differentiation of extra embryonic membranes and circulation, limb bud, heart, and feathers as well as pre-hatching behavior. For advanced classes, this method is useful to study teratology, organogenesis, and quantitative growth changes.
Museum Program Allows Students To Visit For Free
PULLMAN, Wash.— Dots, lines, and colorful artwork are now on display at the Washington State University Museum of Art. The exhibit featuring Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art is free to enjoy, but getting to Pullman can be a daunting task for some future artists. That's where a unique program set up by the Museum of Art comes into play. The Buy-a-Busload-of-Kids offers transportation funding to K-12 school classes within a 100-mile radius to take field trips to WSU and the Museum of Art.
Anxiety Disorders II from the course Clinical Psychology
Clinical Psychology - Fall 2006. This course offers theoretical and empirical approaches to the explanation of psychological dysfunction. The relation between theories of psychopathology and theories of intervention. A critical evaluation of the effects of individual, family, and community approaches to therapeutic and preventive intervention. Thematic focus of the course may change from year to year. See department notices for details.
UFOs: The Evidence in Detail
In his second lecture on UFOs, Donderi reviews the UFO evidence in detail and outlines the relationship between the evidence and the psychology of perception, motivation and belief.
Paul Revere's Ride in a Nutshell
A brief animated video about Paul Revere's Ride. Also includes some general background about his life and role in the American Revolution.
Ronald Melzack – Pain Pioneer
Ronald Melzack, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, revolutionized our understanding of human pain with the Gate Control Theory of Pain and the McGill Pain Questionnaire, now used worldwide.
Understanding the Equity Premium Puzzle
Professor Constantanides is one of the most prominent and creative research scholars in the field of financial economics, in particular of theories of asset and derivatives pricing. He will present theoretical and empirical research on three classes of generalizations of the standard neoclassical model and will discuss their contribution towards a better understanding of equity risk premium.
4. Aesthetic Science of Color: WAVEs of Color, Culture, Music, and Emotion (October 16, 2009)
computer science, technology, humanities, internet, creation application, online industry, color, psychology, aesthetically pleasing, individual color combination, preference, calorimetric, emotional musical associations, HCI, harmony, internal coherence
5. Segmenting and Connecting: From Event Perception to Comics (October 23, 2009)
computer science, technology, humanities, internet, creation application, online industry, visual narrative, cognitive, psychology, event, sense, perception, time, landmark, object part, story, graphic novel, anaphora, verbal, metaphor, frame to frame tra
3. Visualizing Voice (October 10, 2008)
science, technology, engineering, computer, social media, sociology psychology, group interaction, spaces, audio, catalyst, triangulation, cues, talk, voice, speech, face, agreement, awareness, analysis, mirror, expectations, situation, Telemural
5. Information Foraging Theory (October 24, 2008)
science, technology, engineering, psychology, communication, thought, computer, web site, social bookmarking, cognition, searching for information, navigation, patch, forage, environment, rational analysis, cognitive modeling, recall, interaction, scent,
6. Building Theories: People's Interaction with Computers (October 31, 2008)
science, technology, engineering, computer, psychology, people, design, interaction, social, theory, society, identity, community, children play, boundary, human, abilities, self efficacy, knowledge, cognition, natural language generation, dialogue syst
9. The Rise and Fall of a Companion Robot: Lessons Learned from Pleo (May 27, 2009)
science, biology, history, energy, physics, technology, engineering, mathematics, design, computer science, robot, mechanics, electronics, psychology, humanities, life, Pleo, dinosaur, prototype, artist, actor, improv, voice, skin, expression, patent, mar
4. How to Invent the Future by Playing Online Games: The SuperStruct Game (October 15, 2008)
engineering, electrical, computer, gaming, online, web, internet, computer, game, forecasting, massively multiplayer, research, institute for the future, behavior studies, society, design, Wiki, World of Warcraft, positive psychology, happiness, mediascap
6.911 Transcribing Prosodic Structure of Spoken Utterances with ToBI (MIT)
This course presents a tutorial on the ToBI (Tones and Break Indices) system, for labelling certain aspects of prosody in Mainstream American English (MAE-ToBI). The course is appropriate for undergrad or grad students with background in linguistics (phonology or phonetics), cognitive psychology (psycholinguistics), speech acoustics or music, who wish to learn about the prosody of speech, i.e. the intonation, rhythm, grouping and prominence patterns of spoken utterances, prosodic differences tha
London property for sale to China
A top UK estate agent has set up the first dedicated China desk to deal with a boom in foreign buyers at the top end of the housing market.
Introduction to OO Programming in Java - Creating Classes
This reading material forms part of the "Creating Classes" topic in the Introduction to OO Programming in Java module.
Green-Minute Video 2010: 1st Place
Erin Hedrick of Barrington, Ill., majoring in psychology and cinema-television at SMU, is the winner of the 2010 Green Minute Video Contest, promoting sustainability using the theme "Do One Thing." Featured in the video are April Zinober (co-president of Students for a Better Society) and Mustangs football player Mickey Dollens.
