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Shinobu Kitayama Explains Cultural Psychology

The preeminent cultural psychologist Shinobu Kitayama had studied cognitive dissonance and attribution theory at Kyoto University, but when he arrived at the University of Michigan in 1982 he experienced cultural shocks that made him feel "something more profound...

The Significance of Digesta– an Overlooked Source of Ice Age Carbs

The Significance of Digesta– an Overlooked Source of Ice Age Carbs   ANN ARBOR - Until about 10,000 years ago, all people relied on hunting and gathering for subsistence, and many scholars believe they divided that labor by sex– with men doing the bulk of the hunting...