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...based risk consultancy firm. "An increased probability of conflict - that would change people's business plans," he says. That's exactly what happened in 2001, when the two countries moved to the brink of war and companies moved their operations out of India. "At the back of everyone's mind is the nuclear factor," he says. And the memory of that global crisis of confidence may well keep the two countries from reaching that point again...
Psychology professor Steven Pinker addressed the role of language in studying human nature in front of a crowded room at Sherman Fairchild Hall yesterday evening. Pinker’s lecture, the fifth in an informal seminar series hosted by the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (HSMBB), centered on issues discussed in his new book “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window.” Human nature, Pinker said, can be studied by looking at how language works in our everyday lives. “Humans are very, very touchy with their social relationships. When...
Standing before a crowd of nearly 200 and donning a pair of sunglasses in an already dark room, Gwyneth Lewis—the first National Poet of Wales—belied notions of the tortured poet: in writing good poetry, one must be in a healthy state of mind. Lewis, known for her collection of poetry “Zero Gravity,” spoke on behalf of the Radcliffe Institute during a lecture entitled “The Health of Poetry,” this year’s Julie S. Phelps Annual Lecture...
...problem, to his mind, was a failure of the College community. Harvard was outgrowing life long centered around the Yard. Yet in bursting the Yard’s bounds, something essential was being lost: the physical proximity and social interaction with faculty and fellow students that not only enriched the College experience, but which were an integral part...
...Sheffield said. “It felt like the beginning of a horror movie—trapped in a hotel in Baltimore. But then I came back and I walked up to my dorm room and I found out.” Wu, a linguistics and mind, brain, and behavior concentrator, who plans to study experimental psychology and cognitive neuropsychology at University College in London, said he relishes the “opportunity to dip my toes in research and study abroad.” The Houston native has already conducted research in action word processing in Alzheimer patients, neurological...