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“Why Fiction is Good for You” Kate Taylor Mohawk College The article “Why Fiction is Good for You” by Kate Taylor is based on the next novel project of author Keith Oatley which shows the influence of Fiction on one’s life. Keith Oatley is a professor of cognitive psychology at University of Toronto (The Globe and Mail, n.d.). His works include an award-winning novel named The Case of Emily V which won a Commonwealth Prize in 1994 (The Globe and Mail, n.d.). The author Katherine (Kate) Taylor…

Body Movement/Kinesthetic Learning Jared M. Forry Liberty University School of Aviation Abstract Through my research of Body Movement/Kinesthetic learning, I have learned strategies to help me study and better learn material. I also learned that writing is a great way for a kinesthetic learner to learn but I myself, do not enjoy writing at all. According to Laskey and Gibson if you chew gum or move as you study, you should also do this as you take the test as it will help with recall. ADHD is…

In both orthodox and some unorthodox ways, videogames are starting to reach into all sorts of things, such as pilots use flight simulators based on powerful gaming engines to train, and now even surgeons use videogames to change. “Surgeons who had played video games in the past for more than 3 hours a week made 37% fewer errors, were 27%, and scored 42% better overall than surgeons…

Virtual Reality is not (yet) about uploading your mind on a computer, as shown in great many movies. It is about getting your brain into believing, even for a quick moment, that it is somewhere else. According to NAE (2015), the user's brain should be convinced it has moved, although the environment around it doesn't change, because of the information given by all the senses, mainly sight, hearing, touch and motion sense. The engineering challenge here, is to virtually change the environment…

It is explained that the suspected hijackers did train to get their commercial pilot’s license, but they only trained on smaller planes and flight simulators. There have even been claims from their instructors that neither of the suspected hijackers seemed to have the skill to fully control such a large aircraft. With one of the instructors saying “I’m still to this day amazed that he could have flown…

program of instruction (POI), that educates Soldiers of all MOS’s, covering the ensuing subjects: “SUAS Mission Plan; Crew Mission Briefing; Operator Level Maintenance; Placing the SUAS into Operation; Operating the Hand Controller, Aircraft, Flight Simulator, and Falconview; Advanced Inflight Operations; Night Operations; Mobile Operations, and Incident Reporting procedures” (System, 2015). Based on the program of instruction (POI), there is no education of the Aircrew Training Program (ATP),…

According to Shakespeare, "Words are easy like the wind", that is unless you're reading Shakespeare then you would think you are standing in the eye of a hurricane. To most scholars Shakespeare's writing may be perplexing; Michael Mack has allowed us to see the beauty after the storm, that is the beauty after reading Shakespeare. Michael Mack was a English college professor, but as a Shakespeare scholar, he was hardly objective; on September of 2008 he met before a class of college freshmen to…

I was born on September 1st 2001, I was a happy baby ready for the world to come. I was a very energetic I always wanted to know what was happening. Some of my favorite memories of me with my family were (and still are) the long road trips we do to San Diego. Also I really enjoyed flying to Connecticut to see my mom's side of the family. In the Hollister history the best road trip was when the car broke down just before the Grape Vine ( it is a big hill just before LA). We had to pull over and…

The depreciation rules adopted by firms determine the amounts of charges they report on their assets which affects the value reported on such assets. In this analysis, the focus will be examining the financial report of Delta Airlines to determine its depreciation method for property, plant and equipment. The analysis will also examine an alternative depreciation method for the company that may be used to record charges on property, plant and equipment. A review of the notes to the financial…

There are records of trauma related mental disorders dating back as far as early Ancient Greece. In fact, the very word trauma originates from the Greek traumat, meaning wound. Today, Merriam-Wesbter’s Learner’s Dictionary defines it as a very difficult or unpleasant experience that causes someone to have mental or emotional problems usually for a long period of time. In this paper, I will explain what post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is and how virtual reality exposure therapy (VRE) is…