Counterfactual thinking and experiences of regret Introduction Counterfactual thinking is the cognitive process in which individuals can simulate alternative realities‚ to think about how things could have turned out differently‚ with statements such as ‘what if’ and ‘if only’. Counterfactuals can be either upward‚ in which alternative realities are improved‚ or downward‚ in which alternative realities are worsened. Reflecting on previous outcomes can make individuals experience regret and this
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Evolutionary Psychology The Evolution of Female Breasts and Breasts as Sexual Signals Female breasts always seem to be a ‘hot’ topic‚ even from an evolutionary standpoint! Human females have larger breasts than all their nonhuman primates. Many studies have been conducted on the function and purpose of the large female breasts. Human females have breasts that have evolved to always be prominent after puberty‚ a physical characteristic that has been found to be attractive to our male ancestors
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G.NARAYANAMMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCES HAPTIC TECHNOLOGY I.Sirisha K.Ramya tangled479@gmail.com rachanarasna@gmail.com II/IV B.TECH II/IV B.TECH ABSTRACT Haptic is the “science of applying
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Gerhard Roth1‚2 and Ursula Dicke2 1 2 Hanse Institute for Advanced Study‚ D-27753 Delmenhorst‚ Germany Brain Research Institute‚ University of Bremen‚ D-28334 Bremen‚ Germany Intelligence has evolved many times independently among vertebrates. Primates‚ elephants and cetaceans are assumed to be more intelligent than ‘lower’ mammals‚ the great apes and humans more than monkeys‚ and humans more than the great apes. Brain properties assumed to be relevant for intelligence are the (absolute or relative)
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Chapter 34 Vertebrates Overview: Half a Billion Years of Backbones * Vertebrates are named for vertebrae‚ the series of bones that make up the vertebral column or backbone. * There are about 52‚000 species of vertebrates‚ far fewer than the 1 million insect species on Earth. * Plant-eating dinosaurs‚ at 40‚000 kg‚ were the heaviest animals to walk on land. * The biggest animal that ever existed is the blue whale‚ at 100‚000 kg. * Humans and our closest relatives are
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The Tarsier is a very elusive creature because it lives in such a small area of the world. It has the largest eyes to body ratio of any primate. Because of the immense size of their eyes that do not swivel in their sockets and the tininess of their body‚ the tarsier looks like something out of a Hollywood extraterrestrial movie and is often described as “the littlest alien” (Tarsier: The Littlest Alien). The tarsier inhabits the Philippine islands of Southeast Asia. These areas are covered in tropical
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The way that brittle stars are able to move is by using their highly flexible arms. Unlike the common sea star which use tube feet to move‚ the brittle star moves by wiggling its arms rapidly‚ and enabling them to row. The locomotion of brittle stars resembles the locomotion of a human by having a central axis of symmetry‚ which allows the brittle stars to use their limbs simultaneously. Although the brittle stars have a distinctive way of life‚ we must be conscience of the
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have the ability to persistently make additions. The earliest recognizable multicellular organism developed approximately 585 million years ago. The earliest primate fossils can date prior to the dinosaur’s extinction over 65 million years ago. Bones as well as teeth were found in Montana and Wyoming (Park‚ 2008)‚ as well as primate fossils dating back to before the extinction of dinosaur (Shipman‚ 2012). Fossils by Pat Shipman is a journal examines early life and evolutionary fossils. This
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120)‚ “by covenant only‚ which is artificial.” (de Waal page 4) Like I described earlier on how the man entered into a social contract based on protections from death and the submittal to a society standard and rule‚ de Waal’s concept has man and primate entering into these social contracts subconsciously due to the survival of their species‚ the strength in numbers. “Like the views of Hobbes‚ Huxley‚ and Freud‚ the thinking is thoroughly dichotomous: we are part nature‚ part culture‚ rather than
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biological traits that one could invoke philosophical reflection of our origin and evolution. Highly intelligent‚ social‚ vocalized‚ animals that share a taxonomic group with Homo sapiens: a tribe. But where do we draw the line? How do we define these primates as different species even at a 98% gene proportion? Are these creatures analogous to each other to the degree as we currently believe? Let us find out! Personality can create a huge factor in identifying diverse characteristics. The first research
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