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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Have any face researchers here tried their hand at stand-up comedy? In the U.K. we have a thing called Bright Club which started at University College London and which encourages researchers to try and be funny (in an actual comedy club) and include a little bit of science in their set (<a href="http://www.brightclub.org/">http://www.brightclub.org/</a>). It is a very scary thing to do but an excellent way to get people interested in ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Some of you might like to see my attempt at this (10 minutes long) for three reasons:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>1) It is tenuously related to face perception research (not mine).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>2) I have set it up so that if you like what you hear and feel inclined you can donate money to a local cancer caring charity here in Edinburgh. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>3) You might like to organise similar events in your own city.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Here is a link to the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9cT2qGAjgY&context=C349fb67ADOEgsToPDskLiqYwsc5CFRjJ-Nahq0NDw">video</a> and here is a link to the <a href="http://scrotalultrasound.bandcamp.com/">audio</a> download (and also an image of the ultrasound I refer to in the set in case you haven’t seen it).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Apologies if it is not your taste in humour. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Robbie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr Robbie Cooper<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lecturer in Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>School of Life, Sport and Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Edinburgh Napier University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sighthill Campus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sighthill Loan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Edinburgh, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>EH11 4BN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ph: +44 (0)131 455 6481<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:r.cooper@napier.ac.uk"><span style='color:blue'>r.cooper@napier.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.napier.ac.uk/fhlss/SLSSS/Staff/Pages/Robbie_Cooper.aspx"><span style='color:blue'>Staff Webpage</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><br clear=all> <head>
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