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Phonaesthetics
No full textThis project contains R code, dataset, and supplementary materials to accompany a journal paper that investigates the contribution of phonetics and phonological features to phonaesthetics judgments of 24 European languages.
Other related papers can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/lab/Susanne-M-Reiterer-Lab-
Phonaesthetics
No full textThis project contains R code, dataset, and supplementary materials to accompany a journal paper that investigates the contribution of phonetics and phonological features to phonaesthetics judgments of 24 European languages.
Other related papers can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/lab/Susanne-M-Reiterer-Lab-
Continuous and Step-level Pay-off Functions in Public Good Games: A Conceptual Analysis
No full textConflicts between individuals’ and collective interests are ubiquitous in social life. Numerous experimental studies have investigated the resolution of such conflicts using public good games with either continuous or step-level payoff functions. A conceptual analysis using both classic game theory and social exchange theory shows that these two types of games are fundamentally different. A continuous function game is a social dilemma in that it contains a conflict between individual and collective interests whereas a step-level game is primarily a social coordination game. Thus, we conclude that one can not safely generalize results from step-level to continuous form games. Additionally, our analysis shows that the distinction between continuous and single-step games can be blurred by segmenting a continuous function into steps or adding steps to a single-step game. We identify characteristics of the payoff function that conceptually mark the transition from a dilemma to a coordination problem.
Individual differences in speech imitation/pronunciation aptitude in late bilinguals: functional neuro-imaging and brain morphology
No full textAn unanswered question in adult language learning or late bi- and multilingualism is why individuals show marked differences in their ability to imitate foreign accents. While recent research acknowledges that more adults than previously assumed can still acquire a native foreign accent, very little is known about the neuro-cognitive correlates of this special ability. We investigated 140 German speaking individuals displaying varying degrees of mimicking capacity, based on natural language text, sentence and word imitations either in their second language English or in Hindi and Tamil, languages they had never been exposed to. The large subject pool was extensively controlled for previous language experience prior to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The late-onset (around 10 years) bilinguals showed significant individual differences as to how they employed their left-hemisphere speech areas: higher hemodynamic activation in a distinct fronto-parietal network accompanied low ability, while high ability paralleled enhanced gray matter volume in these areas concomitant with decreased hemodynamic responses. Finally and unexpectedly, males were found to be more talented foreign speech mimics
Letter from Susanne [Freitas] to the Okine Family, October 29, 1947
No full textThank you note from Susanne Freitas in San Juan Bautista, California, for the chrysanthemum flowers that the Okine's sent to her. She also mentions that she put the flowers on Mrs. Freitas' grave.The Okine Collection contains materials collected by Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine who were Issei flower growers in Whittier, California. It includes correspondence, photographs, financial documents, and a photo album. A large portion of the collection consists of family correspondence with Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine, including letters from their Nisei children, Masao and Makoto Okine, both soldiers overseas during World War II, to their Issei parents incarcerated in the Rohwer incarceration camp in McGehee, Arkansas. The correspondence also includes letters from their relatives and friends who are former incarcerees in the camps during the war and have “resettled” in Chicago, Illinois as well as letters from the Okines’ family members in Hiroshima, Japan during the Allied occupation of Japan. In addition, the collection includes a family photo album compiled by Dorothy Ai Aoki, a Nisei daughter to the Okines
Multivariate tests for the evaluation of high-dimensional EEG data
No full textHemmelmann C, Horn M, Reiterer S, Schack B, Süsse T, Weiss S. Multivariate tests for the evaluation of high-dimensional EEG data. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2004;139(1):111-120
Susanne M. Hoffmann discourse on observing the moon
No full textThe process of observing the moon becomes one of the important things to do. Especially in the process determining from the beginning of month kamariyah or often referred as rukyatul hilal. Where is a challenge for the observers to see a very thin moon, moreover with weather conditions that are not always bright? In addition, observing the moon at the time of eclipse can increase the faith in understanding the signs and power of Allah SWT. With regard to the presence of Susanne M. Hoffmann at Islamic Astronomy Master Program Walisongo State Islamic University, the author is very interested in examining her thoughts about observing the moon. Susanne M. Hoffmann is an expert astronomist in the history of science, physics, and didactics. She expressed the bad condition of the sky and the air in Semarang. In addition, Susanne M. Hoffmann also suggested repeating Al-Biruni observation.
This study aims to find out Susanne M. Hoffmann discourse related observing the moon and to know her suggestion to repeat Al-Biruni observation on measuring the distance between two cities. This research includes for qualitative research and includes the type of library research. Primary data is taken from in-depth interviews and documentation of Susanne M. Hoffmann’s writings, works, and photographs. While the secondary data obtained from the documentation of books, journals, and articles of others work related to research. Meanwhile, to study of Susanne M. Hoffmann discourse author uses descriptive analysis method.
The results show, that Susanne M. Hofmann discourse in observing the moon is divided into two lines. First, in response to the poor condition of the sky and air in Indonesia, or Semarang in particular, Susanne M. Hoffmann still recommends doing rukyatul hilal. Furthermore, rukyatul hilal is best to do with the naked eye than using a telescope or optical instrument. Second, about the lunar eclipse, in accordance with the field, she mastered the history of Science. Susanne M. Hoffmann was succeeding to repeat the Al-Biruni observation in measuring the distance of two cities by the lunar eclipse
Topography of functional connectivity in human multichannel EEG during second language processing
No full textWe analyze the topography of nonlinear interdependence in the EEG of two group German-native speakers, divided according to their English proficiency level (high or low), when listening to one text in German and one in English. Global functional connectivity was assessed in the full band EEGs using the nonlinear correlation integration entropy, an index of multivariate interdependence derived from the normalized cross-mutual information between every two electrodes within each region of interest (ROI): three interhemispheric (frontal, centro-temporal and parieto-occipital) and two intrahemispheric ones (left and right hemisphere). The results show clear topographic differences between the interhemispheric ROIs, but no differences between the intrahemispheric ROIs Furthermore, there were also differences in language processing that depend on the proficiency level. We discuss these results and their implications along with recent findings about phase synchronization in the gamma band during second language processing
GENE TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMY
No full textCh. 1. Gene technology and economy / Susanne Lundin & Lynn Åkesson -- Ch. 2. Genetic engineering and economics: a challenge to north-south inequalities / Göte Hansson -- Ch. 3. Medical databases: the Icelandic case / Gísli Pádlsson -- Ch. 4. The commercialization of genes: a patent on breast cancer genes as a pilot case / Håkan Olsson -- Ch. 5. Are european patents an obstacle to Swedish cancer research? / Hans Henrik Lidgard -- Ch. 6. Bioeconomics: between persons and things / Lynn Åkesson -- Ch. 7. Plant breeder's rights or patents? / Arnulf Merker -- Ch. 8. The value of life / Stellan Welin -- Ch. 9. The government of genetic knowledge / Lene Koch -- Ch. 10. The body is worth investing in / Susanne Lundin -- About the author
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