Reuse, recycle, and shine: using everyday objects to teach optics

Bringing Life to Everyday Objects

POETICA ◽

10.30965/25890530-041-03-04-90000010 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 41 (3-4) ◽

pp. 427-454 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Erwin Feyersinger

Keyword(s):

Everyday Objects

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Do You Name Speedy Objects Faster Than Slow Objects: SPEEDED NAMING OR NAMING SPEED? THE AUTOMATIC EFFECT OF OBJECT SPEED ON PERFORMANCE

10.31234/osf.io/78b3h ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Moshe Shay Ben-Haim ◽

Eran Chajut ◽

Ran Hassin ◽

Daniel Algom

Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

Mental Representations ◽

Reading Aloud ◽

Naming Task ◽

Naming Speed ◽

Low Speed ◽

Everyday Objects ◽

Pictures And Words

we test the hypothesis that naming an object depicted in a picture, and reading aloud an object’s name, are affected by the object’s speed. We contend that the mental representations of everyday objects and situations include their speed, and that the latter influences behavior in instantaneous and systematic ways. An important corollary is that high-speed objects are named faster than low-speed objects despite the fact that object speed is irrelevant to the naming task at hand. The results of a series of 7 studies with pictures and words support these predictions.

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TEACHING PALEOECOLOGY USING EVERYDAY OBJECTS: AN INQUIRY-BASED, HANDS-ON LEARNING EXERCISE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE ROCKS

10.1130/abs/2020sc-343615 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

René A. Shroat-Lewis ◽

Keyword(s):

Everyday Objects ◽

Hands On ◽

Hands On Learning

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Caring for Things Helps Humans Grow: Effects of Courteous Interaction with Things on Pro-Environmental Behavior

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13073969 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 3969

Author(s):

Hiroko Kamide ◽

Tatsuo Arai

Keyword(s):

Environmental Behavior ◽

Well Being ◽

Environmentally Conscious ◽

Everyday Objects ◽

Preliminary Study ◽

The Relationship ◽

Active Care ◽

Familiar Objects

The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of courteous interaction with familiar objects on pro-environmental behavior and well-being. We explored the process of interaction with everyday objects, such as pens and glasses in a preliminary study (N = 64), and to reveal two aspects that define these interactions, namely active care for objects and awareness of learning from the interaction (N = 687; Study 1). The more people cared for and learned through their interactions with a particular object, the more they perceived a connectedness to it (N = 195; Study 2). Furthermore, caring for and learning with familiar objects promoted various environmentally conscious behaviors and contributed to individual well-being (Study 3; N = 600). In this way, we discussed the relationship between interaction with everyday objects, the aspects of these interactions, and the influence of these interactions on an individual’s perspective toward the wider environment.

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The Toolkit of Nationalist Populism in Contemporary Hungary: Symbols, Objects, and Modalities of Circulation

East European Politics and Societies and Cultures ◽

10.1177/0888325420950817 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088832542095081

Author(s):

Virág Molnár

Keyword(s):

Political Communication ◽

Far Right ◽

Online Data ◽

Everyday Objects ◽

The People ◽

Consumer Markets ◽

History Of ◽

Primary Focus ◽

Material Circulation

This article belongs to the special cluster, “National, European, Transnational: Far-right activism in the 20th and 21st centuries”, guest edited by Agnieszka Pasieka. Research on populism attributes great significance to mapping the distinctive discursive logic of populist reasoning (e.g., the trope of pitting corrupt elites against the people). This article aims to move beyond the primary focus on discursive structures to stress the role of symbols, objects, and different modalities of circulation in the political communication of populist ideas, using the case of Hungary. By tracing the history of one of the key symbols of nationalist populism—the image of “Greater Hungary”—from its emergence in the interwar period to its present-day use, the article shows how the meanings and material forms this symbol assumed in political communication that evolved under different political regimes. The analysis builds on extensive archival, ethnographic, and online data to highlight how the diversity of material forms and the conduits through which this image circulated have contributed to its endurance as a key political symbol. Symbols, like the Greater Hungary image, condense complex historical narratives into a powerful sign that can be easily objectified, reproduced, and diffused. Today’s differentiated consumer markets provide convenient conduits for this kind of material circulation. These symbols carry meaning in and of themselves as signs, and once they are turned into everyday objects, they facilitate the normalization of radical politics by increasing their salience and broad visibility.

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Changes Caused by Low Doses of Bisphenol A (BPA) in the Neuro-Chemistry of Nerves Located in the Porcine Heart

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani11030780 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 780

Author(s):

Krystyna Makowska ◽

Slawomir Gonkowski

Keyword(s):

Bisphenol A ◽

Endocrine Disruptor ◽

Sympathetic Innervation ◽

Daily Intake ◽

Everyday Objects ◽

Living Organisms ◽

The Impact ◽

Heart Wall ◽

Cholinergic Structures

Bisphenol A (BPA) contained in plastics used in the production of various everyday objects may leach from these items and contaminate food, water and air. As an endocrine disruptor, BPA negatively affects many internal organs and systems. Exposure to BPA also contributes to heart and cardiovascular system dysfunction, but many aspects connected with this activity remain unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the impact of BPA in a dose of 0.05 mg/kg body weight/day (in many countries such a dose is regarded as a tolerable daily intake–TDI dose of BPA–completely safe for living organisms) on the neurochemical characterization of nerves located in the heart wall using the immunofluorescence technique. The obtained results indicate that BPA (even in such a relatively low dose) increases the number of nerves immunoreactive to neuropeptide Y, substance P and tyrosine hydroxylase (used here as a marker of sympathetic innervation). However, BPA did not change the number of nerves immunoreactive to vesicular acetylcholine transporter (used here as a marker of cholinergic structures). These observations suggest that changes in the heart innervation may be at the root of BPA-induced circulatory disturbances, as well as arrhythmogenic and/or proinflammatory effects of this endocrine disruptor. Moreover, changes in the neurochemical characterization of nerves in the heart wall may be the first sign of exposure to BPA.

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