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A new cognitive psychology article nearly every day

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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, 2007

Casual Fridays: Does anyone watch the local news? Anyone?

Category: Casual Fridays

Last week we asked our readers about where they got their news. I haven't watched local news for years, and I was wondering if anyone else in the blogosphere did. As several respondents pointed out, our results aren't going to...

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New Recommended blogs and updated blogroll

Category: News

Today is Blog Day, which means we're supposed to suggest five new blogs so our readers can expand their horizons. I think I'm going to end up linking to more than five blogs. Here goes: The Anterior Commisure discusses the...

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August 30, 2007

Battle of the sexes: Who's better at suppressing emotional response?

Category: News

When Greta and I were married, we had to go through a series of interviews with the pastor. For the most part, these were benign, but there was a bit of a moment of tension when he asked these questions:...

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August 29, 2007

Does an artificial intelligence require a body?

Category: Opinion

Apropos of the Chess/AI discussion that's going on on the front page of ScienceBlogs today (and here at CogDaily), I noticed this little gem in a book I'm currently reading for a review (Sandra and Michael Blakeslee's The Body Has...

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August 28, 2007

We recognize people better when they're moving

Category: Research

We can recognize the faces of our friends very quickly from just a snapshot. Within 150 milliseconds of being flashed a photo, brain signals respond differently to photos containing animals than photos with no animals. We can categorize scenes as...

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What's the best way to study for a test?

Category: News

When I was in school, teachers often implored us to not put off studying to the last minute. Sometimes they even suggested that we spread out our studying over a period of weeks. But who has time for that? Most...

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August 27, 2007

Opening knowledge -- or locking it up (when it's convenient)

Category: News

The blogosphere is abuzz with reports about a new initiative by commercial scholarly publishers to discredit the open access movement. Prism describes itself as an organization to "protect the quality of scientific research", which it hopes to do by opposing...

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Chess computers beat humans: Does this mean computers are "creative"?

Category: Opinion

It's been a decade since world chess champion Garry Kasparov was first defeated by a computer. Since then, even after humans retooled their games to match computers, computers have managed draws against the world's greatest players. It seems only a...

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August 24, 2007

Casual Fridays: Who watches the local news?

Category: Casual Fridays

Casual Fridays is back from summer break! This week's study focuses in on local TV news. Does anyone actually watch that stuff? If so, who?

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Build a better peer-review icon for the blogosphere

Category: General / Site news

Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting has announced a contest to design an icon to identify serious blog posts discussing peer-reviewed research. Anyone will be able to use the icon on their blog posts whenever the post is a serious commentary...

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