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Psychological research conducted in WEIRD nations may not apply to global populations

A new University of British Columbia study says that an overreliance on research subjects from the U.S. and other Western nations can produce false claims about human psychology and behavior because their psychological tendencies ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

3Qs: What is 'global weirding'?

Auroop Ganguly — an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering who heads Northeastern’s Sustainability and Data Sciences Lab — explains how global climate change and extreme ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 40