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'Sort of' alive: Researchers probe how kids think about robots

One way young kids learn to organize the world is by dividing it into living and non-living things. But now that robots vacuum our floors and smart phones talk back to us, do children think of technology as alive? A team of Washington researchers is exploring how kids interact with robots, and…

'Sort of' alive: Researchers probe how kids think about robots

One way young kids learn to organize the world is by dividing it into living and non-living things. But now that robots vacuum our floors and smart phones talk back to us, do children think of technology as alive? A team of Washington researchers is exploring how kids interact with robots, and…

Multitasking Is A Don't: 12 Reasons To Stop Doing It

We all do it: Texting while walking, sending emails during meetings, chatting on the phone while cooking dinner. In today’s society, doing just one thing at a time seems downright luxurious, even wasteful.

But chances are, you’re not doing yourself (or your boss, or your friends and…

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User experience design to be offered as new minor at Western this fall
²ÝÁñÉçÇø psychologist to discuss role of nature in children's development

Rachel Severson, a developmental psychologist at Western Washington University, will present a public talk, "Growing Up Green: What Does Time in Nature Do for Your Child?" at 6 p.m. May 30 at Brandywine Kitchen, 1317 Commercial St.

Severson to discuss how time spent with nature affects child development
Children needed for research on kids' understanding of robots
Why That Song Gets Stuck In Your Head

So you hear a song on the radio or at a party and four days later you find you are still humming it in the elevator on the way to the office.
You've been infected by an "earworm," a persistent song or sound that repeats in your brain until you consider kicking the person who…

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