The Effects of Gamification on Attentional Bias Modification
How online gaming can be used to tune the mind to ignore negative attentional biases. The Effects of Engagement and Gamification on Attentional Bias Modification By Veronique Servant
September, 2015
Vox Populi: How Opinion Polls are Skewing Modern Democracy
As North America shifts back into election mode, one constant stands out amidst the political chaos: opinion polls. They’re everywhere, livening up news coverage with the technicolor graphics and horse-race rhetoric they seem to necessitate. And why not? Polls paint a picture of the nation’s sentiment, helping us to identify salient issues and…
The Montreal Underground: A Musical Resurfacing
Montreal’s underground techno scene is resurfacing. Since 2012, La Bacchanale, an event collective designed for loyal fans of the genre, is reviving the way electronic music is performed and appreciated in our city. From the Old Port’s warehouse space, Hangar 16, to Saint Henri’s iconic industrial buildings, La Bacchanale has…
Where Rhodes Once Stood
Rhodes Must Fall’s new divestment campaign exposes the movement’s brilliance and absurdity, but most importantly its necessity. Noki’s green cloth danced on a flag pole perched atop Jameson Memorial Hall overlooking South Africa’s most prestigious university. The green cloth, which has become a symbol of the Marikana massacre which left…
Funky Fresh: Zimmer and the New Wave of French Electronica
Somewhere between the beats of space and euro disco, mingled soulfully with funk and disco cuts, lies a genre rising on the premise of being one of the most popularly accessible branches of electronic music to be heard. Amid the evolution of disco into house music, a side-tracked genre created…