Kindergarteners building a library of their own

Building Rational Cooperation On Their Own: Learning to Start Small

We report experimental results for a twice-played prisoners’ dilemma in which the players can choose the allocation of the stakes across the two periods. Our point of departure is the assumption that some (but not all) people are willing to cooperate, as long as their opponent is sufficiently likely to do so. The presence of such types can be exploited to enhance cooperation by structuring the ...

A Home of Their Own

Minds of their own.

L ike a miniature Segway with eyes, a robot built from 3D printed plastic does laps around a cubicle here at Brain Corporation, having learned in a matter of minutes to avoid bumping into walls as it roams. As eyeRover scoots away, Peter O'Connor, a staff scientist at the robotics software company, steps into its route. Using a remote control unit, he briefly takes control of the foot-tall robo...

a genre analytic study of research papers written by bilingual writers and their beliefs: a case of persian-english writers

تحقیق حاضر گزارشی است از تحلیل بخش مقدمه دو دسته از مقالات که عبارتند از: 11 مقاله از دو نویسنده دوزبانه فارسی زبان, که شامل مقدمه 4 مقاله به زبان انگلیسی و چاپ شده در مجلات بین المللی, مقدمه 3 مقاله به زبان انگلیسی و 4 مقاله به زبان فارسی چاپ شده در مجلات داخلی می شود؛ و 12 مقاله از محققان خارجی که در مجله applied linguistics به چاپ رسیده است. مبنای تئوری این تحلیل ها نظریه سوئلز (1990) یا هما...

Creating your own medical Internet library.

Many physicians struggle to keep up with new developments in their fields. The internet can provide a solution to this problem by allowing rapid access to a broad spectrum of reliable information. Becoming familiar with a few clinically relevant and freely available medical resources on the World Wide Web may enhance a physician's efforts to provide evidence-based care on a daily basis. This ar...