ANN ARBOR — It’s no secret that feeling positive vibes from people you work with makes the job more enjoyable.
But a new University of Michigan study shows a leader’s positive energy has a direct impact on productivity, absenteeism and commitment. People who work with positive energy leaders also do more work outside their official roles, and have more satisfying family lives. (more…)
Vertonte Malerei oder Bilder nach Musik – mit diesem Überschreiten von Kunstgrenzen beschäftigt sich Monika Fink, Professorin am Institut für Musikwissenschaft. Die weltweit erste Datenbank zur Sammlung von Kunstwerken und deren musikalischen Interpretationen wurde von der Wissenschaftlerin entwickelt und wird laufend mit gegenwärtigen Werken erweitert. (more…)
Unflexible Ernährung führte zum Verschwinden des Großsäugers
Senckenberg-Wissenschaftler haben die Ernährung des ausgestorbenen Höhlenbären untersucht. Anhand von Isotopenzusammensetzungen im Kollagen der Bären-Knochen zeigen sie, dass sich die großen Säugetiere rein vegan ernährten. Das internationale Team vermutet in seiner kürzlich im Fachjournal „Journal of Quaternary Science“ erschienenen Studie, dass diese unflexible Ernährungsweise zum Aussterben der Höhlenbären vor etwa 25.000 Jahren führte. (more…)
Yale physicists have given Schrödinger’s famous cat a second box to play in, and the result may help further the quest for reliable quantum computing. (more…)
In a study using tadpoles, neuroscientists tracked how the brain develops its sense of whether two sensory inputs — for example, vision and touch — happened at the same time.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Most people encounter most things by sensing them in multiple ways. As we hear the words people speak, we also see their lips move. We smell, see and hear the onions as we chop them — and we feel them with teary eyes. (more…)
In the last few years, several groups have announced that their facial recognition systems have achieved near-perfect accuracy rates, performing better than humans at picking the same face out of the crowd. (more…)
Other studies: Transgender voices, anger and fast-talking women
Older Americans with some hearing loss shouldn’t feel alone if they have trouble understanding British TV sagas like “Downton Abbey.” A small study from the University of Utah suggests hearing-impaired senior citizens have more trouble than young people comprehending British accents when there is background noise. (more…)
Making an assistive robot partner expressive and communicative is likely to make it more satisfying to work with and lead to users trusting it more, even if it makes mistakes, a new UCL-led study suggests. (more…)
