The researchers report in the online journal PLoS One that, compared to silence, the sound of their favorite songs increased risk-taking, while disliked music decreased it. Specifically, they write, “the frequency for accepting a gamble is 54.1 percent for favorite music, vs. 47.4 percent for disliked music. When no music was playing, the acceptance rate is 51.4 percent.”
Tag: 08.31.15
The Knowledge Economy – Who Decides Where The Value Is?
“Who decides what you are allowed to learn?” Who decides what metaphors we use to speak of knowledge? And can we still learn how knowledge is organized by people in a particular location, together with the communities in which we teach?”
It’s An Amazing Time For New Opera -So What New Work Is Succeeding? And Why?
“If traditional American opera audiences balk at a complex, modern work, how do we account for the warm reception Written on Skin received, and the cooler one for Cold Mountain?”
38-Year-Old Concert Pianist Beaten To Death; Husband Arrested
“The husband of Russian pianist Natalia Strelchenko has been arrested after the musician was found murdered at their home in Newton Heath, Manchester. John Martin, 48, is understood to be the man police arrested on 30 August on suspicion of murdering the prodigious pianist and remains in police custody for questioning. He is a double bass player who also acted as the victim’s manager.”
Bloomberg Arts Editor Manuela Hoelterhoff Retires
“Manuela Hoelterhoff has decided to retire after 11 years during which she has written, edited and presided over more than 20,000 stories, weekend TV shows and radio segment on the arts, architecture, books and music, science, the Nazis and Hamlette … Manuela is one of the most versatile writers we’ve ever had and we will miss her wit and sharp pen.”
Too Much History: Why Istanbul Can Hardly Dig A Subway Tunnel Anywhere
Not even an area that was underwater during antiquity is free of archaeological concerns. After all, there were shipwrecks …
International Ballet Festival Of Miami Turns 20
“Festival founder and director Pedro Pablo Peña emphasizes the daunting nature of his enterprise. ‘Fulfilling my dream of bringing ballet from all over the world to Miami has been a task worthy of Don Quixote,’ he says in Spanish. ‘It’s taken quite a bit of inspired madness.'”
A Field Guide To Dwelling On Your Failures
“When something doesn’t go right, the usual, understandable instinct is often to forget it, as quickly as possible. Move on, we advise each other. Don’t look back. … And yet, as tempting as it is to think of stoically soldiering on as the smart approach to dealing with failure, there’s also a solid case for wallowing in your mistakes, at least for a time.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 08.31.15
Monday Recommendation: Logan Strosahl
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Links Gone Wild: September Gurl Clicks
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What I Learned This Summer: Philadelphia
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2015-08-30
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Unpacking The Call For Diverse Books
“Sometimes it seems that what publishing is looking for, when they look to the Market to sell books by marginalized writers, is a single story. It is: this writer is *the* Dominican writer, or *the* Japanese writer, or *the* Sudanese writer that you should read right now. After all, we live in a culture that sells books with the tagline, if you read only one book this year.”