Word: reaction
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...these feelings take time to bubble up. Researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to track the brain activity of 13 subjects as they listened to different stories, each evoking a strong emotional reaction: compassion for physical pain, admiration of physical skill, compassion for emotional strife and admiration for moral strength. The volunteers reported feeling overwhelmed by their emotions during the course of the experiment - which researchers verified by monitoring participants' heart and respiration rates. And the brain scans showed that while volunteers' recognition of another person's physical pain or skill was immediate, feelings like compassion and admiration took...
...chain reaction that is one more piece of evidence of global warming's devastating impact. Coupled with other climate change phenomena, like the boom in jellyfish off the coast of Spain and the appearance of a new, ecosystem-upsetting species of shrimp near Tunisia, Gorgonia mortality looks to be remaking the sea into a very different place...
...future, given FAS is saddled with such a large deficit, Smith did not articulate any specific plans. In spite of any concrete details, however, the general sentiment among the faculty seems to have been one that appreciates a transparent response to the financial crisis, and we echo that reaction...
...among the audience, which included Harvard undergraduates and outside visitors, responded, urging Wei to “calm down, please,” before Harvard University police were called to the scene. In an interview after the event, Wei said that he was saddened to hear the negative audience reaction to his interjection. “If we truly care about China, we should see if democracy is the only acceptable form of government,” he said. “We have to consider how democracy would be transplanted to Asia.” Szeto?...
...Well, he’s clearly a guy with great leadership qualities. But I met him back in 2003, so I could not suggest that I thought five years from then he would be the 44th president of the United States. My first reaction was, ‘This is the type of person we need running for office...