Color categories in language and thoughtAlthough the color spectrum is physically continuous, color categories are present in both language (i.e., color terms) and thought (e.g., categorical perception of color). In this talk, I will outline a series of developmental studies that investigate the origin of colour categories. I will present converging behavioural and electrophysiological evidence ...
Electric power grids have become a critical national infrastructure, and will likely remain so for a long time. Having changed only incrementally from the 1890s, when Tesla's AC systems prevailed over Edison's DC system, transmission and distribution (T&D) architecture could continue to evolve in its own image, perhaps just getting ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
AstrobiologyDr. Lynn Rothschild, NASA Ames Astrobiologist, will speak on Astrobiology.Member social begins at 7:30.
The search for life in the universe relies on defining the limits for life and finding suitable conditions for its origin and evolution elsewhere. From the biological perspective, a conservative approach uses life on earth to set constraints on the environments in which life can live. Conditions for the origin ...
