Trouble in Tibet

Embodied Music Cognition: Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind

These are interesting times for the Embodied Music Cognition (EMC) framework. Briefly summarized, EMC relies upon the hypothesis that embodied sensorimotor engagement is essential to both production and perception of music (Leman, 2008; Leman and Maes, 2014). This hypothesis, while suitable for accommodating different research methods used in empirical musicology (Godøy and Leman, 2010), may be...

Political Mobilization in Tibet

This paper aims to investigate the root of ongoing conflict between China and Tibetan regions for independence. By using the data collected from waves of protests in 2008 across Tibetan regions in China, it investigates the extent to which the physical Han Chinese presence led to political mobilization. The findings show that regions with stronger presence of Han population witnessed less prote...

Trouble in paradise.

An otherwise healthy 35-year-old woman presented to our clinic in Central Texas complaining of malaise, whole body rash, and joint pain of 2 days duration. She had recently returned from her honeymoon in Bora Bora after a ten day stay. She stayed in an air-conditioned resort but did sleep a few nights under a mosquito tent in the tropical forest where she suffered from multiple insect bites. On...

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