This short post, written for a class blogging photo, will discuss the creation of the following image, which I captured earlier today. For this hibiscus…
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This short post, written for a class blogging photo, will discuss the creation of the following image, which I captured earlier today. For this hibiscus…
We know that color has a great amount of impact on people; that it has emotional impact (1, 2, 3), and even might enhance visual…
Continue reading The psychology of black-and-white photography
I don’t post nearly enough to this blog. Certainly not as often as I would like. There’s just so much to do, with school work,…
Okay, the title of this post (written for a class assignment) doesn’t exactly match up with the post’s content, since in macro photography one isn’t…
Continue reading To (the focus plane of) infinity and beyond
This post is a short discussion of the Smarties and Sally-Ann tests of theory of mind, written for a multimedia class blogging assignment. I hope…
Continue reading A brief explanation of the “Smarties” and “Sally-Anne” tests of theory of mind
Authors: Matthew J. Bolton1,3 William G. Blumberg2 H. Michael Mogil3 1School of Arts and Sciences, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL 33574 2Cooperative Institute for…
Please note that unlike my previous articles, this piece is very long (essentially four articles in one), emotional, and psychologically-detailed. I have broken it down…
People who have autism are known to develop very intense interests for things in the world around them. These may revolve around an activity, but…
There has been much debate in various disability/disorder communities surrounding the use of language, particularly to describe affected individuals. We are, more and more, seeing…
Continue reading Going Beyond the Argument Surrounding the Use of Identity-First Language
Wow, that’s a long title! As it indicates, I won the award for Best Oral Presentation by an Undergraduate Student last week at the National…