The goal of this paper is to define the field of “Real Virtual Worlds,” and to reveal its potential through visions in virtual Physical Therapy, Schools, Concerts, Shopping and Races. It is my assumption that the field of Real Virtual Worlds is destined to become a major force in 5-10 years. Much like the Internet, Real Virtual Worlds, will change, enhance, but inevitably sometimes hamper how w...

A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. The contribution Indigenous Peoples and local communities' (IPLCs) values, practices institutions to conservation nature is increasingly supported by evidence (Blackman et al., 2017; Bridgewater 2015; Dawson 2021; Garnett 2018; Persha 2011; Schleicher 2017), over time has become an accepted norm in glo...

The main paper demonstrated how the object proposal evaluation protocol is ‘gameable’ and performed some experiments to detect this ‘gameability’. In this supplement, we present additional details and results which support the arguments presented in the main paper. In section 1, we list and briefly describe the different object proposal algorithms which we used for our experiments. Following th...

This paper looks in detail at the representation of sexuality in the family in three films of the mid to late 1990s, Balasko’s Gazon maudit, Berliner’s Ma Vie en rose, and Giusti’s Pourquoi pas moi? Its double focus is the changing structure of the French family at the end of the twentieth century, considered against key political developments such as the pacte civil de solidarité (PaCS) of Nov...

Symposium: Advances in Thinking, Problem Solving and Creativity: A Festschrift for Kenneth J. Gilhooly Organiser: Linden Ball Rationale: Since the 1970s Ken Gilhooly has made major and lasting contributions to the fields of thinking, problem solving and creativity through his research on topics such as the role of working memory and individual differences in reasoning and planning, the processe...

The ORE is phenomenon whereby recognition for own race faces is better than recognition of other race faces. This study examines how non-perceptual factors—social context, attitudes, and experience—impact the ORE. Participants from three different racial groups (Caucasian, Black, Asian) completed a face recognition task screening faces for status-specific targets (baseline, perpetrator, victim)...