This paper analyzes literary works that allow one to trace the changes in perception of shaman cult various periods Korean social development and sheds light on popularity motive 21st century. In Kim Tonni’s “Portrait a shaman” (1936), conflict between traditional Western beliefs is shown through image woman symbolizing ignorant past her son who converted Christianity. Han Seungwon his novels, ...

Children's evaluations of what people communicate about themselves were examined in three studies with a total of 296 participants (aged four to 12). Participants heard scenarios in which characters' motivations to reveal truthful information were systematically manipulated to examine (1) children's understanding that people do not always reveal true information, and (2) children's use of conte...

Past aggregate time-series studies, conducted under the assumption of a representative economic agent, frequently show that the demand for narrowly defined M1, especially non-interest-yielding demand deposit, is unstable during periods of financial innovations. Whether this is longitudinally the case among life-cycle savers is unclear. This study utilizes longitudinal data to take another look ...

We examine the possibility that self-interest, typically thought to undermine social welfare, might reduce in-group bias. We compared the dictator game (DG), where participants unilaterally divide money between themselves and a recipient, and the ultimatum game (UG), where the recipient can reject these offers. Unlike the DG, there is a self-interested motive for UG giving: If participants expe...

Protein translocation across the Escherichia coli plasma membrane is facilitated by concerted actions of the SecYEG integral membrane complex and the SecA ATPase. A secY mutation (secY39) affects Arg357, an evolutionarily conserved and functionally important residue, and impairs the translocation function in vivo and in vitro. In this study, we used the "superactive" mutant forms of SecA, which...