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by: rika, 4 pagesCaricature comes from the old word, ‘caricatura’, which meant ‘to overload’. So we overload. Caricature implies laughable exaggeration of the characteristic features of a ...
The Effects of Fear and Anger Facial Expressions on Approach- and Avoidance-Related Behaviors
by: shinta, 6 pagesThe facial expressions of fear and anger are universal social signals in humans. Both expressions have been frequently presumed to signify threat to perceivers and therefore are often used in ...
Beyond Simple Pessimism: Effects of Sadness and Anger on Social Perception
by: shinta, 13 pagesIn keeping with cognitive appraisal models of emotion, it was hypothesized that sadness and anger would exert different influences on causal judgments. Two experiments provided initial ...
The Major Histocompatibility Complex and Perfumers' Descriptions of Human Body Odors
by: shinta, 14 pagesThe MHC (major histocompatibility complex) is a group of genes that play a crucial role in immune recognition and in tolerance of tissue grafting. The MHC has also been found to influence ...
MARIJUANA EFFECTS ON HUMAN FORGETTING FUNCTIONS
by: shinta, 17 pagesIt has long been known that acute marijuana administration impairs working memory (e.g., the discrimination of stimuli separated by a delay). The determination of which of the individual ...
The Role of Androgens in Male Gender Role Behavior
by: shinta, 12 pagesIn humans gonadal steroids are responsible for phenotypic sexual differentiation, sexual maturation, and development of libido and potentia. Human sexual behavior also involves ...
Empathy: Its ultimate and proximate bases
by: bizmana, 71 pagesThere is disagreement in the literature about the exact nature of the phenomenon of empathy. There are emotional, cognitive, and conditioning views, applying in varying degrees across species. An ...
Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation from a Cellular Phone on Human Sperm Motility: An In Vitro Study
by: shinta, 4 pagesUse of cellular phones has increased exponentially and be- come an important part of everyday life throughout the world. A growing concern for their possible adverse effects on ...
