Virtual Gathering Tips, Bilingual Pain, Largest Waterfalls
Learn about tips for hosting fantastic virtual gatherings; how language affects pain; and the world’s largest waterfalls.
January 28, 2022
Additional resources from Priya Parker:
- Pick up “The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters” on Amazon: https://amzn.to/38sYHUN
- Listen to Priya Parker’s New York Times Podcast “Together Apart”: https://www.nytimes.com/column/together-apart
- Website: https://www.priyaparker.com/
- Priya Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/priyaparker
- Priya Parker on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Priya-Parker-2108847152464229/
Bilinguals feel more pain in the language of their stronger cultural identity by Kelsey Donk
- Does your pain feel different in English and Spanish? (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uom-dyp113020.php
- Gianola, M., Llabre, M. M., & Losin, E. A. R. (2020). Effects of Language Context and Cultural Identity on the Pain Experience of Spanish–English Bilinguals. Affective Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-020-00021-x
The World’s Largest Waterfall Isn’t What You’d Think by Mike Epifani
- World Waterfall Database. (2018). Worldwaterfalldatabase.com. https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/
- Jennings, K. (2012, November 26). Ken Jennings Finds the Biggest Waterfall in the World. Condé Nast Traveler; Condé Nast Traveler. https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2012-11-26/underwater-waterfall-denmark-strait-maphead-ken-jennings
- Wilcox, C. (2013, August 23). 16 Things BuzzFeed Doesn’t Know About The Ocean. Discover Magazine; Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/16-things-buzzfeed-doesnt-know-about-the-ocean
- See How Antarctica’s Hidden Water Drives The World’s Oceans. (2015). Popular Science. https://www.popsci.com/meet-super-salty-dense-water-that-surrounds-antarctica/
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