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...Regardless, I believe that my class is still the largest enrollment in the Psych. Department, and certainly among the largest non-CORE courses offered this term across the College,” Rodriguez added. “I’m gratified to know that so many students have chosen to take my course as one of their precious few electives, especially for second semester seniors...
...rider really has to pick up the horse’s style and mood, and give really clear signals about what needs to be done,” said Gray. “Horses are very different. You have to psych out the individual horse and do it really fast....It’s a sport where you practice, and [then] compete with a partner whom you’ve never met before...
Let’s play a game of name-that-indie-act. Stop me when you know who I’m talking about: They’re a Brooklyn-based duo, recording fuzzy, repetitive psych-folk that sounds like it’s made to be sung and strummed by a slightly stoned campfire. Need a hint? The band is named after a large, hibernatory forest dweller. Those who paid close attention to 2004’s underground hype would probably buzz in within picoseconds. “This is obviously another spinoff from Animal Collective?...
When they hit the stage of the Middle East Upstairs last Tuesday, Grizzly Bear’s indie promise loomed larger than ever, with untested psych-glammy numbers joining newly-rocking arrangements of songs from the album. Opener “Deep Sea Diver” was a case in point. After a minute or two of meandering keyboards and “Long, Long, Long” moans, the drummer started pounding, walls of feedback kicked in, and—are those power chords I hear? By show’s end, Droste and co. had brought...
...annual event--and a strategy for recruiting young talent to the nascent field. Within a few months, Seligman, who has a talent for popularizing and promoting his areas of interest, was approached by the Templeton Foundation in England, which proceeded to create lucrative awards for research in positive psych. The result: an explosion of research on happiness, optimism, positive emotions and healthy character traits. Seldom has an academic field been brought so quickly and deliberately to life...