Episode Details

Today you’ll learn about the behaviors researchers say can make us more connected with each other, how China is building an AI-powered, 3D Printed dam, and how an over-reliance on the English language is causing problems in the field of cognitive science. 

Health and Connection 

• “Feeling connected enhances mental and physical health – here are 4 research-backed ways to find moments of connection with loved ones and strangers” by Dave Smallen
  • https://theconversation.com/feeling-connected-enhances-mental-and-physical-health-here-are-4-research-backed-ways-to-find-moments-of-connection-with-loved-ones-and-strangers-185012
• “Infant-Mother Face-to-Face Interaction: Age and Gender Differences in Coordination and the Occurrence of Miscoordination” by Edward Z. Tronick and Jeffery F. Cohn1
  • https://www.jstor.org/stable/1131074?origin=crossref

3D Dam 

• “China Proposed To Build A Dam with a Distributed 3D Printer” by RUPENDRA BRAHAMBHATT
  • https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/chinese-propose-to-build-a-dam-with-a-distributed-3d-printer/
• “3D printing of large filled construction projects” by Tianyun Liu
  • http://jst.tsinghuajournals.com/EN/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2022.25.045#1

Reliance on English 

• “Over-reliance on English hinders cognitive science” by Damián E. Blasi et al.
  • https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(22)00236-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1364661322002364%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
• “How English Dominates Cognitive Science” By Rocío Txabarriaga
  • https://slator.com/how-english-dominates-cognitive-science/

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