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Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?
Society, Politics & Law

Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?

...attention. Whereas voters with high levels of political awareness penalize corrupt politicians compared to clean ones, voters with lower levels of political awareness do not...[The US capitol building shrouded in fog, as if in a heavy-handed metaphor] Washington DC's Capitol building partially obscured by fog Over the past several decades, more than 60 percent of the...
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In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?
Digital & Computing

In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?

...attention to other tasks, can lead to our driving performance suffering and putting lives at risk...[Car technology] The retired football star David Beckham received a six-month driving ban after being photographed using his hand-held phone while driving. Unfortunately, Beckham is not alone in apparently thinking that time spent driving can also be usefully spent doing...
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What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide

...attention to working conditions would improve how well workers performed",] [A switched on lightbulb hangs from a wall on the right side of the picture, so that the centre of the image is lit up. The background is black and there is text that says "in the 50s, Landsberger said that the study failed to account for how people modify their behaviour when being observed".] [A...
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When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
Society, Politics & Law

When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants

...attention to a crisis that has been ongoing for years. As Anne Barnard and Karam Shoumali noted: “Once again, it is not the sheer size of the catastrophe—millions upon millions forced by war and desperation to leave their homes—but a single tragedy that has clarified the moment.” The conflict in Syria has lasted almost five years now. With more than half the...
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Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...attention to the sensations of our breathing. Two: Mindfulness can help you manage pain. The human condition includes pain. But the mind and body don't have to instinctively react to painful experiences. Mindfulness is a skill that allows us to be at least unthinkingly responsive to what is happening in the present so that our overall suffering might be reduced and our...
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What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...attention are impacting on our ability to concentrate and connect with people. Animals in the wild also face similar challenges. All animals have only a limited amount of attention, and it must be shared between an array of tasks, including locating food, maintaining social bonds and keeping a watchful eye out for both competitors and hungry predators. With increasing...
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Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism

...attention to his published statements on ethnicity and colonial rule. In gauging Dickens’s views on race and empire, many critics point to his notorious article of 1853 ‘The Noble Savage’, in which he comments on the exhibitions of indigenous people that were popular in London in the mid-nineteenth century. Here, he lampoons Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s romantic idea...
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What do we need to know about our memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we need to know about our memory?

...attention span) might be affected as we age. Physiological, normal ageing results in the mild continuous decline of functions, skills and capacities, often due to wear and tear of all the systems.Physiological, normal ageing results in the mild continuous decline of functions, skills and capacities, often due to wear and tear of all the systems. Pathological ageing is...
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