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How Effective Is Online Outrage?

In today’s polarized political climate, it is important to consider how moral emotions like outrage can be harnessed for good. Spring et al. [1] thoughtfully examine the ‘upsides’ of moral outrage, suggesting it can create positive social consequences by catalyzing collective action. To illustrate this, they argue that sharing outrage on social media creates common […]

Published on December 22, 2018

National Neuroinformatics Framework for Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)

Zia Mohaddes, Samir Das, Rida Abou-Haidar, Mouna Safi-Harab, David Blader, Jessica Callegaro, Charlie Henri-Bellemare, Jingla-Fri Tunteng, Leigh Evans, Tara Campbell, Derek Lo, Pierre-Emmanuel Morin, Victor Whitehead, Howard Chertkow, Alan C. Evans Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, […]

Published on December 21, 2018

Analytic Tools for Post-traumatic Epileptogenesis Biomarker Search in Multimodal Dataset of an Animal Model and Human Patients

Dominique Duncan, Giuseppe Barisano, Ryan Cabeen, Farshid Sepehrband, Rachael Garner, Adebayo Braimah, Paul Vespa, Asla Pitkänen, Meng Law, Arthur W. Toga Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for […]

Published on December 21, 2018