Is one of the existing fraternities on the St. Norbert campus a successor to the Kappa Chi fraternity that existed in the late 1960s? I was a founding member of KX.

Abbot Pennings answers a question about fraternities at SNC, archived from the SNC website

The imprints of the Galactic Bar on the Thick Disk with RAVE

We study the kinematics of a local sample of stars, located within a cylinder of 500 pc radius centered on the Sun, in the RAVE data set. We find clear asymmetries in the v R v∞ velocity distributions of thin and thick disk stars: there are more stars moving radially outward for low azimuthal velocities and more radially inward for high azimuthal velocities. Such asymmetries have been previously reported for the thin disk as being due to the Galactic bar, but this is the first time that the same type of structures are seen in the thick disk. Our findings imply that the velocities of thick-disk stars should no longer be described by Schwarzschilds, multivariate Gaussian or purely axisymmetric distributions. Furthermore, the nature of previously reported substructures in the thick disk needs to be revisited as these could be associated with dynamical resonances rather than to accretion events. It is clear that dynamical models of the Galaxy must fit the 3D velocity distributions of the disks, rather than the projected 1D, if we are to understand the Galaxy fully

Novelty, Prediction Error and Memory Encoding: Limitations of the Pimms Framework

The Predictive Interactive Multiple Memory Systems (PIMMS) framework has been used to explain how novelty, or more precisely “prediction error”, boosts memory encoding. In this thesis, I explored several other phenomena in the animal and human literature that PIMMS cannot yet explain but should. PIMMS predicts that unexpected information will be better encoded than expected information. However recent work has suggested that expected information can also be better remembered than less expected information. By using a range of expectancies for the location of objects with an immersive virtual reality (iVR) kitchen, I showed that memory is a “U-shaped” function of expectancy, with best memory for highly expected or highly unexpected locations relative to intermediate levels of expectancy. Using OSF-registered Bayesian inference, this U-shape was consistent across four experiments. While the advantage for highly unexpected locations is consistent with PIMMS, the advantage for highly expected locations is not. Importantly, the advantage for expected locations was not simply due to a guessing bias when the location was forgotten, suggesting that the advantage arises during encoding rather than just at retrieval. This U-shape is consistent with another framework - the SLIMM framework - which proposes that different brain regions support the two ends of the U-shape, such that the advantage for unexpected information should be associated with recollection of contextual information via a medial temporal lobe system (like in PIMMS), while the advantage for expected information should be associated with a feeling of familiarity based on rapid cortical consolidation enabled by a medial prefrontal cortex system. However, when I asked participants to indicate recollection or familiarity at retrieval, both ends of the U-shape continuum were associated with higher recollection, while there was no detectable effect of expectancy on familiarity. I consider why this SLIMM prediction may therefore be incorrect. Another finding in the literature concerns the effect of novelty on unrelated information shortly preceding or succeeding the novel experience. PIMMS says nothing about this penumbra effect, which has been related to plasticity-related proteins triggered by the novel experience (so-called “behavioural tagging”). Since participants report that their first iVR experience is highly novel, I submitted a Registered Report to test whether iVR affected memory for unrelated words that were encountered prior to entering the iVR room. In short, the finding was that there is no evidence that novelty improves memory performance for information learned before experiencing something novel. Possible reasons for the failure of finding an effect were discussed. A final limitation of PIMMS I considered was the effect of “boundaries” in continuous stimuli, which are known to affect memory for the temporal order of information. While boundaries might be generated by prediction errors, PIMMS is silent on how they affect temporal order memory. Using a movie featuring a series of rooms, I tested whether memory for the temporal order of objects encountered in those rooms is affected by doorways between rooms and/or by surprising/perceptual changes within a room. Unfortunately, I was unable to replicate a previous report where temporal order memory was worse for pairs of objects in different rooms (i.e., either side of a doorway) than objects in the same room, let alone either sides of a surprising/perceptual change within a room. Taken together, my findings and the literature demonstrate the multiple potential factors that determine how novelty affects memory encoding (and consolidation), which require a more comprehensive theoretical framework than currently available

Interval in dogodek: sedanjost kot vmesni čas pri Gillesu Deleuzu in Alainu Badiouju

Are we living in an “in-between time”? If so, what does it mean to be the “contemporary” of such a time? Starting from its consistent recurrence over different times, this article investigates the temporal-philosophical operation related to the designation of “in-between times.” It examines the function this operation assumes in thinking about time, i.e. the specific construction of time it establishes. By focusing on the functioning of intervalle in Alain Badiou and entre-temps in Gilles Deleuze, two contradictory relations to the present conveyed in the concept of “in-between time” are discussed. The article demonstrates that for both philosophers, in-betweenness occupies a key position in their philosophical construction of time—yet, in reverse form in each case. The discussion of this contrasting mode then leads to the final question of whether there is such a thing as a fundamental in-between character that manifests itself through all times, belonging to time as such.Ali živimo v »vmesnem času«? Če je tako, kaj pomeni biti »sodobnik« takega časa? Članek raziskuje časovno-filozofsko operacijo, povezano s poimenovanjem »vmesnega časa«, izhajajoč iz njenega doslednega pojavljanja v različnih obdobjih. Preučuje funkcijo, ki jo ta operacija prevzema pri mišljenju časa, oz. specifično konstrukcijo časa, ki jo vzpostavlja. S poudarkom na delovanju intervalle pri Alainu Badiouju in entre-temps pri Gillesu Deleuzu obravnavamo dva nasprotujoča si odnosa do sedanjosti, ki ju izraža pojem »vmesnega časa«. Članek pokaže, da pri obeh filozofih vmesnost zavzema ključno mesto v njuni filozofski konstrukciji časa – vendar v obratni obliki. Razprava o tem kontrastnem načinu nato pripelje do končnega vprašanja, ali obstaja nekaj takega kot temeljna vmesnost, ki se kaže skozi vse čase in pripada času kot takemu

HUBUNGAN ANTARA BRAND IMAGE DENGAN PURCHASING DECISION PADA KONSUMEN PRODUK SHERIZ

Abstrak Merek Sheriz merupakan salah satu merek produk yang terbilang baru di bidang industri kosmetik dan kecantikan dengan produk utama lotion. Saat ini telah banyak produk kecantikan serupa yang bermunculan dengan branding yang dapat bersaing. Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuknmengetahui hubungan antara Brand image dengan Purchasing Decision yang dimiliki konsumen lotion Sheriz. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan jenis kuantitatif dengan sampel penelitian terdiri dari 150 pengguna produk Sheriz yang mengikuti social media produk Sheriz. Pengambilan data penelitian dilakukan dengan metode kuesioner menggunakan aitem yang dirancang berdasarkan aspek Brand image dan Purchasing Decision dari teori Kotler & Keller. Hasil uji validitas terhadap aitem diperoleh 28 item valid untuk variabel Brand image dan 22 aitem valid untuk variabel Purchasing decision. Analisa data yang digunakan dalam penelitian merupakan jenis analisa Product moment dengan hasil uji korelasi menggunakan SPSS 20.0 for Windows memperoleh hasil taraf sig. > 0,05 dengan perolehan korelasi r= 0,622 yang berarti korelasi dari kedua variabel kuat dan bersifat positif. Sehingga hasil penelitian menjelaskan adanya hubungan positif yang kuat antara Brand image dengan Purchasing Decision pada ditafsirkan bahwa pada produk Sheriz semakin baik Brand image berdasarkan pengamatan konsumen maka semakin tinggi pula Purchasing Decision yang dilakukan konsumen pada produk Sheriz. Kata Kunci : Brand image, Purchasing Decision, Psikologi konsumen     Abstract Sheriz is one of the relatively new product brands in cosmetic and beauty industry with the main product being lotion. Currently, there are many similar beauty products that have emerged with competitive branding. This study aims to determine the relationship between Brand Image and Purchase Decisions owned by Sheriz lotion consumers. This research used quantitative type with a population consisting of 150 Sheriz product users who follow Sheriz product social media. The research data was collected using a questionnaire method using items designed based on aspects of Brand image and Purchasing Decision from Kotler & Keller theory. The results of the validity test on the items obtained are 28 valid items for the Brand image variable and 22 valid items for the purchase decision variable. Analysis of the data used in this study is a type of Product moment analysis with correlation test results using SPSS 20.0 for Windows to obtain sig level results. > 0.05 with the acquisition of a correlation r = 0.622 which means the correlation of the two variables is strong and positive. So that the results of the study explain that there is a strong positive relationship between Brand Image and Purchase Decisions on Sheriz products, increasing brand image based on consumer observations, the higher the Purchase Decisions made by consumers on Sheriz products. Keywords: Brand image, Purchase decision, Consumer psychology &nbsp