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How Long to Nap for the Biggest Brain Benefits. Hachikō. Hachikō (ハチ公? , November 10, 1923 – March 8, 1935), known in Japanese as chūken Hachikō (忠犬ハチ公 "faithful dog Hachikō" ['hachi' meaning 'eight', a number referring to the dog's birth order in the litter, and 'kō', meaning prince or duke]), was an Akita dog born on a farm near the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture,[1] remembered for his remarkable loyalty to his owner, even many years after his owner's death.[2] Life[edit] Shibuya Station as it was in the Taisho and Pre-war Showa eras (1912–1945) Hachikō attracted the attention of other commuters. Many of the people who frequented the Shibuya train station had seen Hachikō and Professor Ueno together each day.

Publication[edit] In 1932 one of Ueno's students (who developed expertise on the Akita breed) saw the dog at the station and followed him to the Kobayashi home (the home of the former gardener of Professor Ueno—Kikuzaboro Kobayashi[4]) where he learned the history of Hachikō's life. Death[edit] Legacy[edit] Bronze statues[edit] WikiMiniAtlas. Video, Slides & Readings for Sackler Lecture on Media & Science Policy Debates | Age of Engagement. On Tuesday, May 22, I delivered a lecture as part of the National Academies' Sackler Colloquium on the "Science of Science Communication," reviewing the role of the media in science policy debates.

The video of the lecture along with those of my fellow panelists Dominique Brossard and William Eveland is now available online. The lectures begin following brief introductions by Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academies, and Dietram Scheufele, co-organizer of the event. I have also posted online the slides for download. Below is a reading list specific to key subjects covered in my talk.

I am back from travel on June 6 and will have much more to say about the many outstanding presentations from leading researchers in the fields of decision science and communication. Overviews on Communication and Science Policy Debates Nisbet, M.C. & Scheufele, D.A. (2009). Agenda-Setting and Framing Effects on News Audiences Nisbet, M.C. & Feldman, L. (2011). Nisbet, M.C. (2008). Eveland, W. Agenda-setting theory. Agenda-setting theory describes the "ability [of the news media] to influence the salience of topics on the public agenda.

"[1] That is, if a news item is covered frequently and prominently the audience will regard the issue as more important. Agenda-setting theory was formally developed by Dr. Max McCombs and Dr. Donald Shaw in a study on the 1968 presidential election. History[edit] Though Maxwell McCombs already had some interest in the field he was exposed to Cohen's work while serving as a faculty member at UCLA, and it was Cohen’s work that heavily influenced him, and later Donald Shaw.[6] The concept of agenda setting was launched by McCombs and Shaw during the 1968 presidential election in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A relatively unknown scholar named G. Core assumptions and statements[edit] Agenda-setting is the creation of public awareness and concern of salient issues by the news media. The cognitive effects of agenda-setting[edit] Agenda-setting vs. agenda-building[edit] The Psychology of Colour.

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How Smart Are Dogs? How Smart Are Animals? PBS Airdate: February 9, 2011 NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON (Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History): Hi, I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson, your host of NOVA ScienceNOW, where this season we're asking six big questions. On this episode: How Smart Are Animals? Meet Chaser. She's got a huge vocabulary. She knows the name of every single one of these? And it's not just her. Look at that intensity. And researchers are finally taking notice. BRIAN HARE (Duke University): A dog is like a soldier of science. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON: Find Crawdad.

BRIAN HARE: If we can figure out how they think, then we'll understand ourselves. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON: Excellent, excellent, good job! And a trip to paradise, where some of the smartest creatures... TERI BOLTON (Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences): Come on, boy. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON: ...who can even read symbols, are also the most talkative. TERI BOLTON: These are his clicks. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON: But what are they saying? Also,... ALEX: Shower. ALEX: Two.