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Meet the Scientists…Introducing David Buss (UT Austin Professor)
This is the fourth post in a series introducing some of the members of the Signal Patterns Scientific Advisory Board
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Immerse Yourself in the Gratitude Stream
Research has shown that people benefit greatly from showing gratitude.
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Meet the Scientists…Introducing Tom Buchanan (Reader in Psychology, University of Westminster, UK)
This is the third post in a series introducing some of the members of the SP Scientific Advisory Board...
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Meet the Scientists…Introducing James Pennebaker (UT Austin Professor and Dept. Chair)
This is the second post in a series introducing some of the members of the Signal Patterns Scientific Advisory Board...
Archive, Featured, Parenting, Relationships and family
Research Uncovers Key Elements of Parenting Style
First in a series of articles on the new Parenting Style App
Archive, Personality and evolutional psychology, Personality psychology
Gender Differences in Personality: A Response to John Tierney
Posted on 16 September 2008
New York Times science columnist John Tierney just posted a piece about psychological differences in men and women, and new research that speaks to whether those differences are innate, or born of societal constructs. Tierney speaks of two camps: the evolutionary psychologists, who believe that gender-based trait differences come from what our ancestors needed to [...] Continue Reading
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Just Six Songs?
Posted on 20 August 2008
For those familiar with the Signal Patterns team, you’ll know we have a very diverse team of scientists, researchers and developers here. Most are recognized leaders in their respective disciplines but some are well known outside of science and academia and are famous with the general public. I got the chance to see one of them [...] Continue Reading
Archive, Entertainment and music, Well being
You Are What You Listen To
Posted on 04 August 2008
What’s your favorite style of music? Classical or Jazz? Rap or Dance? Salsa or Tango? The music research we’ve been doing here at Signal Patterns indicates that people’s preferences for music genres tend to group together. In other words, people who really like a particular style of music, say classical, tend to also like certain [...] Continue Reading
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What’s in the Water of Eugene, Oregon?
Posted on 24 June 2008
Eugene is a really nice town, no doubt. Peaceful and quiet and known for the University of Oregon... Continue Reading
Confessions of a Techie
Take Responsibility
A famous Yiddish proverb says that “Man plans, god laughs” (Mann traoch, Gott Lauch). Are you familiar with this feeling? Alanis Morissette’s song “Ironic” is comprised of great examples for it: rain on your wedding day, a traffic jam when you’re already late… Then Al...
Dump Your Ego
Dumping your ego is hard, because it’s hard to even admit you have one.“Me? I don’t have an ego. I’m a nice guy! What are you trying to say? What nonsense have you been reading?” I’ve had the same response myself when I started thinking about this concept. A...
Be Present
Time travel has long been our technological dream and fantasy. We fantasize about that time machine that has a special keyboard to enter the the destination date: It could be a DeLorean DMC-12 car (Back to The Future), a pho...
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