Limits to collaboration?
Miruna investigates how the need to conform can push us beyond the limits of collaboration
Tagged: Psychology
Is Your Messy Kitchen Giving You the Munchies?
Chaotic environments such as messy kitchens can cause stress, which can then lead us to over-snack on calorific treats – twice as many cookies according to this study!
Robotic Etiquette
Touching a robot’s bottom triggers an unconscious emotional reaction – suggesting we respond to humanoid robots as if they are people, not computers.
Can we use online games as educational tools?
Feeling guilty about spending your precious time playing games online? Feel guilt no more. Find out why in this article.
Glasgow Science Festival Event: ‘The Value of Suffering’
For the first time, Glasgow Science Festival has worked in partnership with the Department of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow to bring us ‘The Value of Suffering’. Suffering is defined as the state...
Glasgow Science Festival Event: ‘Moon’
Two astronomers and a clinical psychologist walk into a cinema… Glasgow Film Theatre was the venue for a special Glasgow Science Festival screening of Duncan Jones’ 2009 sci-fi film Moon, where protagonist Sam Bell...
Synaesthesia: Taste the Rainbow
Skittles™ brand their product “taste the rainbow,” but have you ever wondered what a rainbow tastes like? One way to find out would be to ask a synaesthete.
