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A popular theory in recent neuroscience proposes that slow development of the prefrontal cortex explains teenagers’ seemingly impulsive and risky behavior. But an extensive literature review in the the journal Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience challenges that interpretation.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson appeared on KCRW’s radio show “To the Point” and on BBC Radio 4’s “Today” show to discuss President Donald Trump’s “fire and fury” warning to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.
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In an article for the journal Politics and the Life Sciences, Kathleen Hall Jamieson looks at the role that language plays when science is conveyed to the public. Examples include the outbreak of “mad cow” disease in Britain.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson has been named a Fall 2017 Fellow by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard. She will explore press coverage of uncivil discourse in the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Gene editing, vaccinations, climate change, nanotechnology: All are science issues enmeshed in political controversy. How should scientists try to convey the best available evidence in a toxic environment? The three editors of the Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication discuss the developing field.
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In a commentary in Nature Climate Change, two recent APPC postdocs say the encyclical stressed moral values that appeal to liberals but not the three values — sanctity, authority and loyalty — that resonate with conservatives.
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