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Dave and Greta Munger 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 is co-founder and president of ResearchBlogging.org and a writer whose works include Researching Online. And yes, he is married to Greta.

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July 31, 2006

Why the Mona Lisa's eyes follow you around

Category: ArtPerceptionResearch

[originally posted on March 16, 2005] 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...

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July 27, 2006

Potty-mouth your way to the center of attention

Category: AttentionLanguageResearch

[originally posted December 9, 2005] A few months ago, Jon Stewart opened the eyes of his Daily Show audience when he interviewed the author of the book On Bullshit. Viewers accustomed to hearing the familiar bleep when Stewart enters foul-mouth...

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July 26, 2006

Nice mainstream article on heredity and IQ

Category: News

I'm still on vacation, but I've got just enough time to pop in with a quick link to a nice discussion about the link between heredity and IQ. While some have argued that as much of 75 percent of the...

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July 25, 2006

Violence in sports fans

Category: ResearchSocial

We've written a lot on Cognitive Daily about the relationship between violent video game play and real-world aggressive behavior. While we feel the evidence showing that playing violent games does cause real aggression is compelling, a frequent critique of our...

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July 24, 2006

Why we can't all be divas

Category: MusicResearch

[originally posted April 6, 2005] Listen to these two musical excerpts and note any differences you discern: Ave Maria, version 1 Ave Maria, version 2 (Source: courtesy of Mayumi Hamamoto and Kyota Ko) If you're a typical nonmusician, you will...

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July 21, 2006

Fetal stem cells can enter the maternal brain

Category: News

How is a mother "connected" to her infant? According to a recent report in Stem Cells, quite literally. The research, conducted on mice, found the stem cells of fetal mice were present in their mothers' brains. These cells persist long...

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July 20, 2006

Do women perceive color differently from men?

Category: Color perceptionPerceptionResearch

[article originally posted September 27, 2005] All this talk about stereotypes can get you thinking. Perhaps some stereotypes reflect actual differences. Take color vision, for example: men often refer to themselves as "color-impaired," letting the women in their lives make...

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July 18, 2006

Perceiving beauty: Do we really all agree on what's attractive?

Category: Face perceptionResearchSocial

Is beauty a universal standard? Or is it in the eye of the beholder? Some research on attractiveness, including some we've discussed on CogDaily, suggests that "average" faces are the most attractive, and that most people agree on what makes...

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July 17, 2006

False confessions: Not as rare as you might think

Category: MemoryResearch

[article originally posted July 6, 2005] Today's article is one of my all-time favorites. It was originally written by Katherine Kiechel, an undergraduate at Williams College as part of her honors thesis, and could serve as a model for others...

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July 14, 2006

CogDaily's big summer vacation!

Category: General / Site news

The whole Munger family will be heading out of town for the next three weeks. Fortunately, there should be plenty to keep you occupied here while we're gone. We've written up a few posts in anticipation of the trip, and...

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July 13, 2006

Would you consider getting Lasik surgery?

Category: News

The New York Times infographic on Lasik got me thinking: How many of our readers would consider getting Lasik surgery? Let's make this one a poll:...

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Cool infographic on how Lasik works

Category: News

The NY Times has an excellent infographic showing exactly how the newest Lasik eye surgery process works: The key modification to this technique is that the flap is now cut with a laser instead of a metal blade, reducing the...

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July 12, 2006

Chimp playing Ms. Pac Man

Category: Fun and games

You think you've seen it all, and then you see this... (via bOING bOING)...

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July 11, 2006

Best way to handle crises like 9/11: A good sense of humor?

Category: ResearchSocial

For many Americans, the healing process after the attacks of September 11, 2001, began with the publication of a special issue of the satirical newspaper The Onion. Headlines like those in the illustration below meant we could finally start to...

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The benefits of video games

Category: News

We've written before about the positive impact of video games, on how playing video games can improve visual ability for certain tasks such as field of view and attentional blink. Now the researchers who conducted the initial study have completed...

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July 10, 2006

Obesity and discrimination

Category: ResearchSocial

Nearly all prejudicial attitudes are now taboo in America. Sixty years ago, it might have been acceptable to deny someone a job or service in a business because of skin color or gender, but now such overt discrimination is almost...

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