CogNews reports here that some researchers have discovered emotional response differs between subjects in western and subjects in Japanese culture. These researchers have shown that westerners and the Japanese assess situations differently. Whereas westerners concentrate on a person’s facial features to evaluate their response, Japanese are attentive to the background features of the situation (more [...]
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Cultural differences in emotions
Posted in HT, cognitive science, mind, moral philosophy, psychology, rationality, science on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No joy in Powderville
Posted in Utah, local color, personal, tagged personal, Utah on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Powderville, a town soon to be incorporated by the Utah legislature, has had its share of political turmoil recently. A number of blogs have mentioned the problems of Powderville to inform fellow Utahns of the ordeal (here, here, here, and here; I even learned that Ogden’s own Mayor Matthew Godfrey has a blog here, though [...]
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