Just 17 minutes of YouTube videos can drive down prejudice, study reveals
Watching just 17 minutes of YouTubers talking about their struggles with mental health drives down prejudice, University ofEssex research has suggested.
Watching just 17 minutes of YouTubers talking about their struggles with mental health drives down prejudice, University ofEssex research has suggested.
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Nov 22, 2022
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Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have utilized AI technologies to conclude that male characters are four times more prevalent in literature than female characters.
Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2022
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Young children understand dinosaurs and The Wiggles are (or were!) real, and that fictional characters like Peter Pan and Spongebob are not real—but cultural figures like Santa or the Tooth Fairy occupy an ambiguous place ...
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2020
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A new psychological study published by University of Otago researchers has addressed centuries-old questions about how and why supernatural beings are worshiped.
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Sep 30, 2019
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While visiting an elementary school library in 2016 to count the fantasy books for a graduate class on fantasy literature, I noticed there were hardly any science fiction books for readers under 12. This discovery prompted ...
Social Sciences
Dec 1, 2022
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In season four of the Netflix series "Stranger Things," an alternate dimension "the Upside Down" bleeds into the real world. Now new research by the University of Sydney and Monash University has found this is a common experience ...
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2022
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When you read texts that challenge the boundaries between reality and fiction, it may lead you to reflect on truths about yourself and the world you live in.
Education
Jun 3, 2021
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Newly discovered creatures can often be as impressive and exciting as the ones from the Japanese movies and shows. Many of those fictional characters, including inhabitants of the famous Pokémon universe, might have their ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2020
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Creative authors could soon have a new option to help overcome writer's block, thanks to a system launched by researchers in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State.
Education
Mar 13, 2020
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In a world of sympathetic villains and flawed heroes, people still like fictional characters more when they have a strong sense of morality, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2019
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