http://www.adambohannon.org Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:15:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.adambohannon.org/thomas-de-zengotita-on-authenticity/ http://www.adambohannon.org/thomas-de-zengotita-on-authenticity/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 20:57:34 +0000 adam http://www.adambohannon.org/?p=17893 ]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/thomas-de-zengotita-on-authenticity/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/speed-mind-counts/ http://www.adambohannon.org/speed-mind-counts/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:28:08 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=406 Great discussion on the (un)reality of multitasking and how our uses of new media might be affecting our ability to concentrate even when we aren’t plugged in.  Rebecca Roberts speaks with Lee Rainie, Founding Director of Pew Internet & American Life Project, and Clifford Nass, Stanford Professor and Founder and Director of the Communication between [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/speed-mind-counts/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/crosscultural-differences-happiness-east-west/ http://www.adambohannon.org/crosscultural-differences-happiness-east-west/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:23:09 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=362 Came across an interesting report via MindHacks on the different conceptions of happiness between East Asians and European-Americans.  I’m always happy to see research that closely and thoughtfully considers the impact of culture on pretty much any behavior or concept often taken as universal.  As an anthropology and psychology student I always approached psychological research [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/crosscultural-differences-happiness-east-west/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/edward-hall-education/ http://www.adambohannon.org/edward-hall-education/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:05:26 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=274 From Beyond Culture Citing Washburn (1973) on the importance of play in learning “Through play (emotional, repetitious, from within) children prepare for the adult life of their culture.  Separation of education from life…is new in the history of primates.  In the American school there is no view of adult life…In schools discipline is substituted for [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/edward-hall-education/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/computer-based-games-and-knowledge-acquisition-and-retention/ http://www.adambohannon.org/computer-based-games-and-knowledge-acquisition-and-retention/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:36:05 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=66 Do Computer -Based Games Facilitate Knowledge Acquisition and Retention? Katrina E. Ricci, Eduardo Salas, and Janis A. Cannon-Bowers Military Psychology, 8(4), 295-307 The motive of the present research was to augment the breadth of literature in the field of computer-based gaming.  At the time of this study, the majority of literature in this area either [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/computer-based-games-and-knowledge-acquisition-and-retention/feed/ 2 http://www.adambohannon.org/the-state-of-higher-education/ http://www.adambohannon.org/the-state-of-higher-education/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:56:33 +0000 Adam http://abo46n2.wordpress.com/?p=21 Ok, so I have to vent about this. Test grades were posted today for my cognitive psychology class. I didn’t do as well as expected. In fact, in terms of my own standards I did poorly. Considering I made a point to study for this test almost everyday (no there is no hyperbole there) for [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/the-state-of-higher-education/feed/ 7 http://www.adambohannon.org/presence-of-blood-in-video-games-related-to-aggression-in-males/ http://www.adambohannon.org/presence-of-blood-in-video-games-related-to-aggression-in-males/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:08:14 +0000 Adam http://abo46n2.wordpress.com/?p=20 Wow, two posts in one night. Look at me go! I just finished reading a study done by one of my psychology professors. I won’t go into too much detail, but the study sought to measure the effect of blood in violent video games (Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, pretty decent game although nothing beats the [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/presence-of-blood-in-video-games-related-to-aggression-in-males/feed/ 3