NSF Discoveries -- Social/Behavioral Sciences http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/ Discoveries for Social/Behavioral Sciences posted on the NSF website, http://www.nsf.gov. en Sun, 19 May 2013 21:01:19 EDT Helping People through the Decision-Making Process Using a Web-Based Application http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127901&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 photograph of Ali Abbas Researcher was part of inaugural group of NSF Innovation Corps awards in 2011
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127901&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Cooking Up Clean Air in Africa http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126403&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Woman cooking over an open fire Reducing air pollution and meningitis risk in Ghana
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126403&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Six-month-old Word Learners http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123378&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Photo of a father holding a baby. Study of infants challenges developmental sequence of human language learning
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123378&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Studying Nature's Rhythms: Soundscape Ecologists Spawn New Field http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123046&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Image of a wolf howling in the forest. Listen to biophony, geophony, anthrophony: the 'music' of Planet Earth
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123046&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Older Is Better for Hunting Dogs http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122776&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Photo of a hunter enlarging a burrow and his dog at other burrow end and the words Photo Gallery. Research examines key demographic variables of Nicaraguan canines
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122776&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Foiling the Plan of a Cyberbully http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122372&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Image of seated child with three cyberbullies each with belt lock rising from her laptop. Researchers suggest listening to students to craft prevention policies
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122372&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Recognizing a Cyberbully http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122271&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Illustration showing a depressed child holding a tablet with 3 cyberbullies coming out of tablet. Anonymous nature of digital aggression clouds identities of virtual bullies
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122271&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Defining a Cyberbully http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121847&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Illustration showing a depressed child holding a tablet with 3 cyberbullies coming out of tablet. Social scientists struggle to characterize new form of harassment
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121847&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Warfare Reveals Reasons People Cooperate http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121218&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Photo of Turkana warriors. Research shows large-scale cooperation may have begun with fear of punishment
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121218&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Why Context Matters in the Long and Short of Words http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=119866&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Horizontal and vertical words in red, blue and green. MIT researchers improve 75-year-old language theory
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=119866&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Nighttime Lights Clarify Economic Activity http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=119737&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Image of nighttime lights visible on earth from outer space. Combining lights and statistics may yield high-resolution global economic data
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=119737&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Transforming Robotics With Biologically Inspired Learning Models http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=119750&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Aisha Sohail, Heather Ames and Jasmin Leveille running simulations of artificial visual system. Aisha Sohail describes the Neuromorphics Lab at CELEST and the work of building artificial brains to be used in robotics
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=119750&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Miracle Material http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=119493&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Optical micrograph showing an array of graphene transistors prepared on silicon carbide. Two-dimensional graphene may lead to faster electronics, stronger spacecraft and much more
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=119493&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Journey to the Center of the Amazon http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=119428&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Image of researcher Robert Walker on left and project manager Eugenio Arima on right. Researchers journey along the Transamazon Highway to learn about deforestation and the logging industry
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Social/Behavioral Sciences item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=119428&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Researchers Consider Ancestry of Recent Fossil Finds http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=118996&WT.mc_id=USNSF_12 Images of the top and front of hominin skulls. Thought experiment stresses consequences of placing newly discovered fossils on human family tree
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