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Some of the cited work in the article is from long-term collaborators (such as Dr. Gerald Carter at Princeton University) with whom I frequently interact and work together. You can probably picture a ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sebastian Stockmaier, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) You can probably ...