Pop artist displays primitive instincts

Moral Disgust and The Tribal Instincts Hypothesis

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Higher set sizes in pop-out search displays do not eliminate priming or enhance target selection

Previous research shows that salient stimuli do not pop out solely in virtue of their feature contrast. Rather, visual selection of a pop-out target is strongly modulated by feature priming: Repeating the target feature (e.g., red) across trials primes attention shifts to the target but delays target selection when the target feature changes (e.g., from red to green). However, it has been argue...

The Artist of Computer

A short account of the contributions of Donald E. Knuth to the eld of computer science is given, with emphasis on his classical text The Art of Computer Programming. Also discussed are his development of the T E X typesetting system, the LR parser and attribute grammar.

The happy artist ?

The artistic labor market is marked by several adversities, such as low wages, above-average unemployment, and constrained underemployment. Nevertheless, it attracts many young people. The number of students exceeds the available jobs by far. A potential explanation for this puzzle is that artistic work might result in exceptionally high job satisfaction, a conjecture that has been mentioned at...

Public Policy, Human Instincts, and Economic Growth