Thursday, January 28, 2010

5 Minutes of Interesting: January 28, 2010

Microsoft annouced today a revenue of $19.02 Billion for the second quarter, which saw the launch of Windows 7. To date over 60 million copies of the operating system have been sold, making it the fastest selling Windows since the OS was introduced. Speculated reasons for this include strong word of mouth, and businesses who opted to skip Windows Vista in 2006.
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A study conducted at the University of Montreal found that Caucasians and Asians don't examine faces in the same way. Two experiments were done, in which the the participants eyes were tracked as they were asked to examine faces for familiarity and emotion. Participants of both races excelled at recognizing people of their own race, but had similar trouble identifying people of the opposite race. In the second experiment however, Asians had trouble picking up on negative emotions. The research found that when examining faces, caucasians focus on a mouth and eyes triangle, while asians focus on the nose. The mouth is an integral part of how humans convey emotions, possibly the reason behind Asian's trouble in recognizing negative emotions.
Science Daily

Do liberals and conservatives have IQ differences?
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