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Research
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How public awareness campaigns can affect our thoughts
Many climate campaigns use both verbal and visual metaphors. According to new research, this can give them particularly persuasive power.
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Admired by Hemingway: the war in Ukraine has given Isaac Babel’s stories new relevance
A hundred years ago, the Ukrainian author Isaac Babel wrote about grotesque acts of violence in the Polish-Soviet war. Today, authors like Babel are important when a new war rages in the same region.
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Words can have many meanings. How can we understand what they are?
Researchers are now trying to solve something they are calling a scientific word mystery.
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Slow reading and breaks can fuel the imagination
New research suggests that short breaks help you think more critically and creatively about what you are reading.
LCE – Centre for Literature, Cognition and Emotions
An interdisciplinary centre that brings together diverse fields such as literary studies, linguistics, psychology and neurosciences in a new conversation about literature.
Centre for Slavic and Eastern European Studies
The centre promotes in-depth knowledge of Russia and the post-Soviet states, Central Europe, and the Balkans.