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Category Archives: Social sciences
Gallery: The President of Lithuania in Tartu
The President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė visited the University of Tartu on June, 17th. She met Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Rector Alar Karis, and made a surprise appearance at a graduation ceremony. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Social sciences, Tartu
Tagged graduation ceremony, Lithuania, Lithuanian, President of Estonia, President of Lithuania, Rector, Tartu visit
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How The Weather Affects Our Emotions?
Many believe that the sun makes us happy and rain brings sorrow. Doctoral candidate in psychology Liisi Kööts and her supervisors Jüri Allik and Anu Realo compared weather data with individuals’ self-evaluated emotions. Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences
Tagged emotions, Estonia, mood, mood and weather, psychology, weather
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Reading Human Gene Codes and Minds
In an interview with Sigrid Kõiv, UT professor of Cognitive and Forensic Psychology Talis Bachmann explains the possibilities and problems of reading other peoples’ minds. Professor’s research interests include consciousness studies, visual awareness, advertising effects and much more. Continue reading
Posted in Medical sciences, Research, Social sciences
Tagged brain, consciousness, genetics, genome, human mind, man, personality, personality traits
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The Baltic States: Moving Together or Apart?
Andres Kasekamp, professor of political science at the University of Tartu published “A History of The Baltic States” with the Palgrave Macmillan in 2010. He presented the book and his views on cooperation of the Baltic states at Vilnius University. A short summary and the video of the presentation are enclosed. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Research, Social sciences
Tagged Baltic region, Baltic states, Baltics, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, political science
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Your Personality Is an Open Book
General belief has long held that part of our personality always remains hidden from outside observers. However, a team of University of Tartu psychologists recently conducted a survey of the Estonian Genome Project’s gene donors which seriously challenges this assumption. The study indicates that it is impossible to hide anything from a relative or a close friend. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Research, Social sciences
Tagged genome project, personality studies, personality traits, psychology
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European Football in The Iron Grip of Elite Clubs
The real game of football is being played between UEFA and the rich clubs in the dark corners of the offices of managers and directors, and out of the reach of the stadium lights. For clubs, players are not much more than a raw material in the final product: the game. And the product is there to be sold to the highest-bidding broadcasting company. Fans are there to buy their tickets and merchandise and clubs do not have warm feelings towards their fans, in fact it is often a case of unrequited love. Continue reading
Posted in General, Research, Social sciences
Tagged Berlusconi, ECA, European football, FIFA, football, G14, UEFA
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Podcast: Museum of The Future (Part 2/2)
In the second part of the “Museum of the Future” podcast, museology experts discuss the Mona Lisa, Peter the Great’s boot and other “real objects” that people hope to see in museums. Participating: Mariann Raisma, director of the University of Tartu History Museum, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, head of the University of Tartu’s Department of Journalism and Communication and Agnes Aljas, a doctoral student at the University of Tartu and Research Secretary at the Estonian National Museum. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, General, Research, Social sciences
Tagged future museum, history museum, Mona Lisa, museology, museum, Peter the Great
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