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Moral reasoning displays characteristic patterns in brain: Research
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists have passionately argued whether moral judgments share something distinctive that separates them from non-moral matters. Moral monists claim that morality is unified by a common characteristic and that all moral issues involve concerns about ha
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RJD leader Manoj Jha's lecture at DU cancelled, demands investigation
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Jha, who is a professor at DU Department of Social Work, said he was requested by the Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education to be the resource person for a refresher course in social work and social sciences on September 4
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PMaps Collaborates With DIGIVARSITY by TeamLease EdTech To Upskill Talent
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 29: PMaps, a leading psychometric assessment company, has announced a strategic partnership with Digivarsity by TeamLease EdTech - India’s leading learning and employability solutions provider. In partnership with TeamLease EdTech’s Digivarsity -India's First AI po
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Singapore’s National University appoints British professor Jasjit Singh fo
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In an effort to foster an understanding of Sikh beliefs and practices, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) appointed Associate Professor Jasjit Singh as the inaugural CSGB visiting professor.
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Researchers find genetic mutation for Alzheimer’s disease linked with high
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Apolipoprotein-4 allele has been linked to an increased risk for a number of diseases in ageing populations, particularly Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, this genetic mutation continues to be common in about 20% of the human population despite its harmful effects. A
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Illustrious Alumnus empowers students of his Alma Mater Hindu College with
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Raj Bhargava (IAS retd) former Chief Secretary of Home Affairs, Government of India, has once again returned to his alma mater with a corpus fund of Rs 2 crores for his scholarship foundation to be given to students of Social Sciences at the undergraduate level.
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Study reveals how positive contact with diverse groups reduce conspiracy t
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New UEA research suggests that positive interactions with members of other groups can reduce the amount of baseless conspiracy theories about those organisations.
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Study shows how positive contact with diverse groups lowers conspiracy the
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to new UEA research, positive contacts with people from diverse groups can lessen the amount of negative conspiracy beliefs about those groups.
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AI might replace humans in social science research
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Leading academics from the University of Waterloo, the University of Toronto, Yale University, and the University of Pennsylvania examines how AI (large language models, or LLMs, in particular) could affect the nature of their work in an article published in the prominent journal Science.
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Hedgewar, Savarkar dropped: Changes in Karnataka syllabus sparks row
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
While a lesson on Hedgewar and a poem on Savarkar is out, a letter written by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has found its place in the social science textbook.
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Study finds first five years are crucial for refugee success
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers found people from refugee backgrounds who arrived in New Zealand between 1997 and 2020. The study was published in Kotuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online.'
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Study shows kids might consider past choices when judging others
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study published in the journal Child Development by researchers from Boston College in Massachusetts and the University of Queensland in Australia analyses whether four- to nine-year-old children consider their own prior behaviours while making moral judgements about others.
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