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Eye’m lovin’ it! The role of gazing awareness in mimetic desires (Study)

Posted on July 7, 2011 by SCIENCE pickings

“Recent studies showed that people evaluate objects more favorably when these objects are gazed-at by others, an effect coined as “mimetic desire”. In two studies, we tested whether mimetic desire stems from an automatic form of learning by examining one dimension … Continue reading →

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Lacanian psychoanalysis

Posted on February 11, 2011 by SCIENCE pickings

“Jaques Lacan was a French psychoanalyst who reconceptualized Freud using post-structuralism. Lacan rejected attempts to link psychoanalysis with social theory, saying ‘the unconscious is the discourse of the Other’ — that human passion is structured by the desire of others … Continue reading →

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