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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 editor of ResearchBlogging.org and a columnist on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. And yes, he is married to Greta.

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August 31, 2006

What kids know about music (updated with poll)

Category: Research

Just by listening to music, we can learn a lot about its structures and conventions. For example, even you have no musical training, you can tell that something is wrong with this scale (it's followed by a proper C-major scale):...

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Is global warming an opportunity rather than a problem?

Category: Ask a ScienceBlogger

I try to stay away from answering "Ask a Scienceblogger" when it strays too far from my areas of expertise. This week, the question is the following: I read this article in the NRO, and the author actually made some...

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August 30, 2006

Dropping SAT scores: A plausible explanation

Category: Opinion

The local newspaper here in Charlotte was aghast that SAT scores (a test used to help determine college admissions in the US) fell in North Carolina this year, even though the article goes on to point out that nationwide the...

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August 29, 2006

What babies can hear through all that noise

Category: Research

Listen to this short audio clip: Now listen to this one: Notice any difference? I didn't think so. But if you were a 5-month-old infant named Caroline, the difference would be crystal clear. In the second clip, your name would...

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Are we getting stupid again? Two ways of reporting on a study

Category: News

Is the Flynn Effect ending? Are kids getting dumber again? Could it be that after years of striking intelligence gains, we're now actually losing ground? We are if you read this article in the Times Online: After studying 25,000 children...

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August 28, 2006

Games, Dolphins, and Rock 'n' Roll: Quick links from around the web

Category: News

A judge has ruled against a recent Louisiana law banning the sale of violent video games to children. Since we've been rather outspoken here about the influence of violent games, I did want to reiterate that we've never advocated the...

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NPR on false confessions

Category: News

NPR has a nice report on the motivations behind false confessions. Give it a listen--it's just over two minutes long, and reporter Andy Bowers gives an excellent explanation of why people such as JonBenet Ramsey "killer" John Mark Karr might...

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August 25, 2006

Casual Fridays is back!

Category: Casual Fridays

Have you missed Casual Fridays? Our travel schedule over the summer made it impossible for us to keep up with Casual Fridays, but for the 2006-07 school year, we'll be back each Friday with either a new study or the...

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August 24, 2006

Multiple object tracking: How pilots can fly, and how we can possibly play Asteroids

Category: Research

Last year, my dad got his pilot's license. He took me up with him a couple months later, and while the view was spectacular, the most surprising aspect of flying is how much of a pilot's time is spent...

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August 23, 2006

New monitor technology may expand range of visible colors

Category: News

Television sets and video monitors rely on tricking the visual system into believing it is seeing the full range of possible colors. In reality, they are only generating approximations of the light that would actually enter the eye if we...

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