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Greta Munger is Professor of Psychology at Davidson College whose works include The History of Psychology: Fundamental Questions. Dave Munger is co-founder and editor of ResearchBlogging.org and a columnist on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. And yes, he is married to Greta.
May 31, 2006
Category: Opinion
Courtney Martin makes an interesting argument about the phenomenon she calls The Paradox of the Perfect Girl. It's the result of the recent upsurge of girls outperforming boys academically: The perfect girl is everywhere. She is your niece, your daughter,...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:34 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: News
Roy Behrens has created a fascinating site analyzing the relationship between Gestalt psychology, cubism, and camoflage used on ships in World War I. In recent years, it has been verified that prominent French camoufleurs during World War I were consciously,...
Posted by Dave Munger at 9:00 AM • 8 Comments •
May 30, 2006
Category: News
According to an article in the New York Times, names of companies that are easier to pronounce lead to higher stock prices. The researchers ... tested name complexity and the performance of real initial public offerings listed on the New...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:52 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Research
A recent study about violence and sex in TV advertising got a fair amount of press. "Violence and sex don't sell," the headlines proclaimed. If such a claim is true, it flies in the face of conventional wisdom and the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 11:14 AM • 11 Comments •
Category: News
When he was a toddler, our son Jim was entranced by Barney the Dinosaur. He'd watch the program for an uninterrupted 30 minutes each day, giving exhausted parents a much-needed chance for a rest, while Jimmy learned important skills such...
Posted by Dave Munger at 6:55 AM • 5 Comments •
May 29, 2006
Category: Ask a ScienceBlogger
This week's "Ask a Scienceblogger question" is: Since they're funded by taxpayer dollars (through the NIH, NSF, and so on), should scientists have to justify their research agendas to the public, rather than just grant-making bodies? NO! The public isn't...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:31 PM • 11 Comments •
Category: News
Interesting article in the Washington Post about video game addiction in South Korea (via Slashdot). From the article: An estimated 2.4 percent of the population from 9 to 39 are believed to be suffering from game addiction, according to a...
Posted by Dave Munger at 9:35 AM • 4 Comments •
May 26, 2006
Category: Research
Take a look at the following movie. Your job is to identify which ball appeared to make the noise in the final frame. (click to play): If this seems confusing now, it should be cleared up by the end of...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:05 PM • 12 Comments •
Category: News
Chris Chatham has an excellent summary of a talk by University of Chicago neurologist / mathematician Jack Cowan, who has come up with a mathematical explanation of a variety of common hallucinations. The development of orientation and spatial frequency maps...
Posted by Dave Munger at 6:33 AM • 4 Comments •
May 25, 2006
Category: News
Japanese researchers have found a way to use a human brain image to control a robot. While this isn't exactly "mind control" -- the human still has to physically move his body in order to create the proper brain image,...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:48 PM • 10 Comments •
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