Now on ScienceBlogs: HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
A new cognitive psychology article nearly every day
Cognitive Daily reports nearly every day on fascinating peer-reviewed developments in cognition from the most respected scientists in the field.
Greta Munger is Professor of Psychology at Davidson College whose works include The History of Psychology: Fundamental Questions. Dave Munger now writes at The Daily Monthly. He is co-founder and editor of ResearchBlogging.org and a columnist on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. And yes, he is married to Greta.
March 31, 2005
Category: Development / Aging
Early childhood education can often seem like one of the most over-researched fields imaginable. So many parents are so concerned with the fate of their progeny, that it's natural for research to focus on more effective ways to teach kids....
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:03 PM • 7 Comments •
March 30, 2005
Category: Perception
Psychologists and neuroscientists can be said to be working on the same problem, but they tend to approach it from opposite directions. Psychologists generally look at behavior and then try to understand the mental processes that might cause that behavior....
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:03 PM • 2 Comments •
March 28, 2005
Category: Perception
The NCAA basketball tournament is down to the wire now, with only four teams left. How will the players respond? Will they be able to perform under the incredible pressure from the other teams, the coaches, and most of all,...
Posted by Dave Munger at 11:03 AM • 4 Comments •
March 24, 2005
Category: Perception
When we look at a scene, it often seems as if we perceive it all at once. Yet in fact, we are physically able to accurately view only a tiny portion of the scene at a time. Take a look...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:03 PM • 1 Comments •
March 23, 2005
Category: Perception
When you look at a picture, you are probably generally focused on the central objects, though the overall style might catch your eye. But what about your memory for the background of the picture? Put another way, how accurate are...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:03 PM • 1 Comments •
March 21, 2005
Category: Perception
Have you ever noticed that when you drive by a car whose hazard lights are blinking, something doesn't look quite right? You know those blinking hazard lights are really on the car, but they seem off, somehow. Part of what...
Posted by Greta Munger at 11:03 AM • 5 Comments •
March 18, 2005
Category: Language
Language researchers have long relied on participants suffering from language disorders as a means to better understand how language develops in healthy people. A new special issue of Applied Psycholinguistics covers the study of mental disorders that affect language development....
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:03 PM • 2 Comments •
March 16, 2005
Category: Perception
I've taken only two pictures of the Mona Lisa, and both turned out about the same: they captured the frenzied attempts of dozens of tourists trying to take a picture of the most-recognized image in the world. Here's the one...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:03 PM • 1 Comments •
March 15, 2005
Category: Language
A few weeks ago, an article appeared in my local newspaper. According to the article, many mothers were beginning to teach their kids sign language, starting at a very young age. Both kids and parents had perfect hearing, but the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:03 PM • 3 Comments •
March 14, 2005
Category: Social
With every new generation of violent video game, there seems to be a new outcry about the damage it may be doing to young minds. Yet there has been comparatively little research detailing exactly how video game violence actually corresponds...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:03 PM • 22 Comments •
Orac 02.14.2012
Tim Lambert 02.01.2012
Jason Rosenhouse 02.12.2012
Orac 01.26.2012
ERV 11.26.2011
