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Computer programming languages can impact science and thought

By Guest PostDecember 26, 2017Sciencecode golf, computer, gary lupyan, knowledge lab, programming language, project, Science, thought, topcoder

Knowledge Lab project to investigate programming features and data science environments

For decades, fierce debates have raged over the benefits of different programming languages over others: Java vs. C++; Python vs. Ruby; Flask vs. Django. While often waged with fervor by computer scientists and programmers, these debates tend to rely on anecdotal evidence, with very little rigorous comparison of programming approaches or the larger question of how software may augment human thinking. (more…)

University of Maryland Researcher Asks – What Does Love Look Like?

By Guest PostFebruary 11, 2012Scienceblood flow, brain area, brainwave pattern, cognition, eeg, electroencephalography, emotion, experience, fmri, functional magnetic resonance imaging, knowledge, look, love, luiz pessoa, motivated attention, Netherlands, neurocognition, p3, physiological traits, psychiatric disorder, romantic love, roses, sandra langeslag, thought

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – What does love look like? A dozen roses delivered on an ordinary weekday? Breakfast in bed? Or just a knowing glance between lovers?

While outward displays of love are fairly easy to discern, a researcher in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences is taking a decidedly “inward” approach to documenting this most complex of human emotions. (more…)