TROM : the reality of me human robot The player provides you with lots of helpful features;it remembers which video you watched and where you were in the video, it streams the videos from vimeo and the buttons to the left change the narrator's voice. infoon the webwebsitehelp usnoticebehind tromcontact The TROM documentary is trying to present, in a simplistic way, the world in which we, human beings, live. The documentary is divided into chapters and sub-chapters due to documentary's excessive length (13 hours). The documentary and website are concentrated, so it is essential to read additional information which can be found in descriptions beside each section and the video player. Knowledge A brief introduction to the world we have discovered so far and an understanding of the methods we, human beings, use to arrive at those discoveries. Science The evolution of everything environment INFORMATION download subtitles credits All updated subtitles: HERE. // Make or improve them: HERE. duration: 00:15:33 duration: 00:23:20
Home New Alzheimer's Criteria Would Change Diagnosis for Millions | Mild Alzheimer's Disease | Mild Cognitive Impairment Almost everyone currently diagnosed with a mild form of Alzheimer's disease would be downgraded to not having the condition, if new proposed criteria for the diagnosis of cognitive problems were applied, a new study shows. Instead, people diagnosed as having "very mild" and "mild" Alzheimer's disease would be reclassified as having mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which is currently recognized as an intermittent stage between the normal loss of mental function that comes with age and the development of dementia. The new criteria broaden the definition of mild cognitive impairment, and this will cause confusion when doctors try to diagnose MCI and Alzheimer's, said study researcher Dr. John Morris, a professor of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Moreover, the new criteria highlight the fallacy of thinking about MCI and Alzheimer's as different entities, Morris said. The report is published online today (Feb. 6) in the Archives of Neurology.
Change Magazine - September-October 2010 by Cedar Riener and Daniel Willingham There is no credible evidence that learning styles exist. While we will elaborate on this assertion, it is important to counteract the real harm that may be done by equivocating on the matter. What is a Learning Style? The claim at the center of learning-styles theory is this: Different students have different modes of learning, and their learning could be improved by matching one's teaching with that preferred learning mode. The most popular current conception of learning styles equates style with the preferred bodily sense through which one receives information, whether it be visual, auditory, or kinesthetic (for some reason, no one claims that there are tactile or olfactory learners). As you will see, the claim that the mode of presentation should match the preferred mode of learning subsumes several other claims, and it is worth unpacking the learning-styles concept in order to consider its constituent subclaims separately. Resources 1. 2. 3.
Dialawg: Confident Conversations Vanishing of the Bees | Documentary Film By Dr. Mercola Honey bees are the angels of agriculture, but they're disappearing at a startling rate in a mysterious phenomenon dubbed Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Since 2007, North American honey bees are literally disappearing without a trace. "CCD is one of the signs--the unmistakable signs—that our food system is unsustainable… It's destroying the conditions upon which it depends. The documentary film "Vanishing of the Bees" takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide disappearance of the honey bee. Busy as a Bee Honey bees represent one of the matriarchies of the insect kingdom. Why are We Losing Our Bees? Scientists have investigated a number of factors to help explain CCD and have offered a variety of explanations. Queens are "Knocked Out and Knocked Up" In nature, queen bees live for up to five years, but workers and drones live for only a few weeks or months. Are Bees Victims of the Agrichemical Industry?
How to Effectively Develop Social-Emotional and Reflection Skills The most important part of any social-emotional learning (SEL) or social-emotional character development curriculum (SECD) is skill development. But the formal lessons only serve to introduce the skills. Whether or not the skills are learned and generalized depends on the pedagogical procedure used. Here are some tips for building any SEL skill in effective ways: Introduce the skill and/or concept and provide motivation for learning; discuss when the skill will and will not be useful. We have found great benefit in concluding each SECD topic or set of related lessons with a Reflective Summary. "Ask students to reflect on the question, 'What did you learn from today's lesson/activity?' Please share your ideas for reinforcing skills development and generalization, and helping students summarize what they have learned from your SECD-related instruction. [Dr. see more see less
Why Do People Yawn? Could yawning be all about cooling down the brain? Err, don’t people yawn because they’re bored and/or tired? Yes, it’s true people do yawn more at bedtime or after they’ve woken up and they do yawn when they’re bored (people even yawn in their sleep). But yawning isn’t that simple. Many people believe that yawning gets more oxygen into the body or expels more carbon dioxide. The truth is no one really knows the real root cause of a yawn. Hot brain My favourite physiological reason for yawning is that it might help cool the brain down (Gallup & Gallup, 2007). Oddly this may help explain the paratroopers jumping out of a plane. Yawning may also partly be about stretching muscles since yawning sets off the urge to stretch. Social yawning It’s well-known that yawns are contagious. Yawns are most contagious between members of the same family, followed by friends, acquaintances and lastly strangers (Norsica et al., 2011). So, why is yawning contagious in the first place?
What Does Your Body Language Say About You? How To Read Signs and... - StumbleUpon Art by LaetitziaAs we all know, communication is essential in society. Advancements in technology have transformed the way that we correspond with others in the modern world. Because of the constant buzz in our technological world, it's easy to forget how important communicating face-to-face is. When conversing old-school style, it's not only speech we verbalize that matters, but what our nonverbal gestures articulate as well. Body language is truly a language of its own. We all have quirks and habits that are uniquely our own. 10% from what the person actually says40% from the tone and speed of voice50% is from their body language. Lowering one's head can signal a lack of confidence. Pushing back one's shoulders can demonstrate power and courageOpen arms means one is comfortable with being approached and willing to talk/communicate