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My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. I am not an MD so I cannot diagnose and treat your sleep problems. As well as writing this blog, I am also the Online Discussion Expert for PLoS. This is a personal blog and opinions within it in no way reflect the policies of PLoS. You can contact me at: Coturnix@gmail.com
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Category: Workplace
An awesome experiment in Stockholm, Sweden where students changed stairs in a subway station into a piano: And? More people started using the stairs than the escalator! It's just more fun!...
Posted by Coturnix at 10:01 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Neuroscience
And it is good. Much longer than #1 and interesting to all of us who have kids heavily involved in playing computer games: Whenever kids are involved in a violent crime, speculation about their upbringing inevitably takes center stage. Were...
Posted by Coturnix at 11:11 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Psychology
It will not take more than a couple of minutes. Just go to this Sheril's post and follow the directions. She will use the results of the quiz to inform experimental design for an interesting project on the neuroscience of...
Posted by Coturnix at 9:28 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogging
I am pretty much on record that I would not pay for anything online (to be precise, to pay for content - I certainly use the Web for shopping). But with some caveats. I have been known to hit a...
Posted by Coturnix at 5:02 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Politics
In TIME, a couple of days ago - How Obama Is Using the Science of Change: Two weeks before Election Day, Barack Obama's campaign was mobilizing millions of supporters; it was a bit late to start rewriting get-out-the-vote (GOTV) scripts....
Posted by Coturnix at 9:35 AM • 3 Comments •
Category: Technology
Sorry, Nina, but I think I need to copy and paste the entire thing here: Spring is here and it's time to talk to strangers. On Sunday April 5, I'll be conducting a collaborative experiment with 15 intrepid University of...
Posted by Coturnix at 10:42 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Psychology
From SCONC: Thursday, March 5 7 p.m. What Good is it to Feel Good? The Science of Positive Emotions From our "what the world needs now" file, Dr. Barbara Frederickson, head of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab at UNC...
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Category: Education
A sixth of a GCSE in 60 minutes?: Later this year, pupils from Monkseaton high school will file into their new lozenge-shaped school and take their seats before a giant video wall in a multipurpose hall. Here, they will receive...
Posted by Coturnix at 4:35 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Politics
How religion generates social conservatism: You could make a reasonable case that pencils have a purpose, but pencil shavings just exist. But what about elephants? Religious people and children are, of course, more likely than non-religious adults to say that...
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Category: Technology
The Psychology of Cyberspace is a course taught by John Suler in the Department of Psychology at the Science and Technology Center at Rider University. The website is a collection of a large number of thought-provoking essays on various aspects...
Posted by Coturnix at 2:41 PM • 2 Comments •
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