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Category Archives: Research
Brave New World of Scientific Publishing
Jüri Allik, UT Professor of Experimental Psychology and one of the world’s most cited scientists in his field, reveals the shady details of the closed world of scientific publishing. Continue reading
Posted in Career, General, Research
Tagged editing system, editors, peer-review, publishing, publishing houses, research, science, scientific, scientific journals, Web of Science
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My Farm Is My Stage: Insights into Estonian Rural Tourism
Ethnologist Ester Bardone explores how rural experiences become commodities that are staged and performed by tourism entrepreneurs, backed up by institutions and media. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Humanities, Research
Tagged Estonia, ethnography, experience economy, hospitality services, performance, PhD, PhD thesis, rural life, rural tourism, rurality
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Russian Federation 2014: A Difficult Year Ahead?
Read what an expert network led by two UT political scientists predicts for Russia in 2014 with regard to its political, economic, and societal development. Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences
Tagged 2014, EU, Eurasian Union, forecast, national ideology, Orthodox church, prognosis, Russia, Russian Federation, Ukraine, xenophobia
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Why Do We Dream?
Brain researcher Jaan Aru explores the question: ‘Why do we dream?’ He presents a recent theory, according to which dreams do the hard work of storing our memories. Continue reading
Posted in Medical sciences, Research, Social sciences
Tagged brain, computational neuroscience, dream, Freud, function of dreams, memory, memory consolidation
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How Old Is Your Body?
Research shows that the age written in a passport and physical age can differ in a substantial way. Calculate your physical age with the help of an online calculator that combines six variables to estimate your maximal oxygen uptake. Continue reading
Posted in Medical sciences, Research
Tagged cardiovascular health, fitness, maximal oxygen uptake, physical age, sports medicine, training
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Are Open Notebooks the Future of Science?
Mart Zirnask looks into the benefits of ‘open notebook science’, wherein the scientist discloses the entire research process in real time, publishing both successful and failed experiments. Continue reading
Posted in General, Research
Tagged future of science, negative data, open notebook science, open-access data, science journal, science philosophy
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