Some scientists conclude that music’s influence may be a chance event, arising from its ability to hijack brain systems built for other purposes such as language, emotion and movement. As Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker famously put it in his 1997 book How the Mind Works (W. W. Norton), music is “auditory cheesecake,” a confection... - http://gracemcdunnough.tumblr.com/post...
In a weird sort of way, virtual worlds humanize us more than the real world is able to. While the condition of anonymity can lead to some really destructive individuals, it can also lead to being able to connect to one another without the hangups of social barriers that exist in real life. We can meet individuals who are very different from... - http://gracemcdunnough.tumblr.com/post...
The universal propensity of all human beings to exchange information, services and goods, and implicitly and explicitly calculate their social and economic “debts and credits” with one another, is very likely an innate, highly evolved social emotion. Adam Smith correctly saw this propensity to “truck, barter, and exchange” as a primal impulse for... - http://gracemcdunnough.tumblr.com/post...
Ruder Finn Intent Index - analyzes underlying motivations or reason why people go online. It’s a little dash of brilliant. - http://gracemcdunnough.tumblr.com/post...
As things stand, I haven’t yet found a way within Facebook to keyword search discussions. But try the following advanced search string for an insight into what people are saying about the BBC: site:facebook.com/topic bbc Search in Facebook for BBC and the top group coming back is BBC College of Journalism group. Hardly the sort of place you’d... - http://gracemcdunnough.tumblr.com/post...