Draining the language out of color

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Paul Kay, professor of linguistics at University of California, Berkeley believes that our words shape our thoughts, particularly in respect to color, and the number of words that a culture uses to describe colors corresponds to its degree of industrialization. Kay concludes that linguistic relativists may be correct that the languages people speak mold their thoughts.

Management dynamics, Methods, Management, College teachers, College faculty, Study and teaching, Company business management, Industrial development, Industrialization, University of California, Linguistic analysis (Linguistics), Kay, Paul

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The expert mind

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Studies of the mental processes of chess grandmasters revealed clues to how people become experts in other fields like training, writing, sports and music as well. Evidence indicates motivation as a more important factor than innate ability in the development of expertise and some believe that experts are made, not born.

Psychological aspects, Motivation (Psychology), Chess players

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Putting up with self

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Harvard Medical School researcher Denise Faustman has declared that she had cured diabetic mice by getting them to regrow their insulin-producing beta cells, but critics have warned of bad experiments and false hope.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Research and Testing Services, Executive changes & profiles, Diabetes R&D, Officials and employees, Diabetes, Harvard University. School of Medicine, Diabetes research, BCG, Faustman, Denise

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