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Oxford Abridged Short Talks

Short interesting lectures from top Oxford academics. Includes a series of short lectures about love, held on Valentines Day 2011.

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Presentation and Perception on Online Dating Sites

Presentation and Perception on Online Dating Sites

Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. 'Idealisation' of perc... Read more

28 Feb 2012

4mins

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Partner Compatibility and Online Dating Sites

Partner Compatibility and Online Dating Sites

Erina Lee discusses the importance of similarity between partners in terms of long-term relationship satisfaction. She d... Read more

28 Feb 2012

4mins

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Who did Plato (not) love?

Who did Plato (not) love?

Platonic love? Plato's main text on love, the Symposium, takes a broad look at what love means, offering a serious yet h... Read more

15 Feb 2011

12mins

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If marriage is a trade, then what price romance?

If marriage is a trade, then what price romance?

Theatre was a forum for early twentieth-century feminists to challenge romantic ideals of marriage, arguing against soci... Read more

15 Feb 2011

12mins

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Not only the lonely: the social implications of the rise of online dating

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Dr Hogan explores values towards online dating, relating them to whether one's friends have dated online and whether soc... Read more

14 Feb 2011

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Swirls and secrets: the mysteries of Jonathan Swift's love letters

Swirls and secrets: the mysteries of Jonathan Swift's love letters

In Swift's letters to his adored Stella, we see an elaborate combination of language and code to tease his reader but st... Read more

14 Feb 2011

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Darwin and Friends

Darwin and Friends

Professor Robin Dunbar explores if there is a limit to the number of friends we can keep track of and explains the origi... Read more

10 Feb 2011

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Blood Disorders and Human Malaria

Blood Disorders and Human Malaria

Professor Sunetra Gupta explains the surprising relationship between blood disorders and malaria in humans. Could two bl... Read more

10 Feb 2011

16mins

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Slime Moulds to run the railways?

Slime Moulds to run the railways?

Should we let slime moulds run our railways? Slime moulds can produce networks as efficient, cost-effective and resilien... Read more

10 Feb 2011

12mins

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Success of the Smelliest - Sexual attraction and pheromones

Success of the Smelliest - Sexual attraction and pheromones

Sexual attraction and pheromones? Dr. Tristram Wyatt talks about pheromones and evolution in a short talk about the "Suc... Read more

10 Feb 2011

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