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...that there’s a systematic difference in how candidates poll and how they perform in the election itself,” Hopkins said. He added that he does not anticipate that there will be a significant Bradley effect in Tuesday’s election. But Evan P. Apfelbaum, a doctoral candidate at Tufts, who recently authored two articles on how people deal with race in social situations, said that he had his doubts about whether or not a Bradley effect exists. “I’m not entirely convinced that such a discrepancy [between pre-election...
...Tufts published last month. The paper, entitled “Learning (not) to talk about race: When older children underperform in social categorization,” is one of two new studies on race written by Business School Professor Michael I. Norton along with lead author Evan P. Apfelbaum, a PhD candidate at Tufts, and Samuel R. Sommers, an assistant professor at Tufts. “The impetus for the paper on children was trying to understand the extent that we see race yet ‘don’t,’” Apfelbaum said...
...Ananda Apfelbaum is giving a massage, but there's no table in sight. Her client, fully clothed, lies on a mat on the floor as Apfelbaum pulls, prods and stretches using not only her hands but also her elbows, forearms, knees and feet. Instead of coming out of the treatment as limp as a dishrag, the recipient feels invigorated as well as relaxed. It's a combination many first-timers find irresistible. "What people have said is, once they've had a Thai massage, they can't go back to traditional table massage," says Apfelbaum, 48, author of Thai Massage...
...Museum of American Folk Art in Manhattan. The decoys range from unadorned wooden designs to the elaborately painted "ghost fish" of Michigan carver Hans Janner Sr. "The most highly valued fish decoys are charming, but they are also fabulous at doing their jobs as tools," says Ben Apfelbaum, curator of the exhibition. Not all decoys are expensive. Contemporary Native American wooden fish can be bought...
Nonetheless, even the experts are reluctant to dismiss Hite out of hand. "It's very hard to get a representative group," says Quinley. "I wouldn't say it kills the whole thing." Berkeley Psychologist Bernard Apfelbaum, a Hite supporter, believes it is not important to get a completely representative sample when delving into the field of sex and love. By virtue of their willingness to participate in the survey, Hite's women may be unusual, he says, "but they are giving voice to a problem in ways other women cannot...