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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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October 31, 2007

Can you "use the force" to find things faster?

Category: Research

Does this ever happen to you? You're preparing green beans to be cooked, putting the stems in the trash and the beans in a bowl. Suddenly you realize you've started putting the stems in the bowl. The dinner guests will...

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October 30, 2007

Last chance to help with DonorsChoose

Category: General / Site news

Updated 5:35 p.m. EDT on 10/30/07: Psych for Seniors Part I is now fully funded, with over $400 in donations today! Let's get Part II funded! There are just two days left in our DonorsChoose Challenge to raise money for...

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October 29, 2007

The icons are here! A new way to share Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research

Category: General / Site news

We're pleased to announce that BPR3's Blogging on Peer Reviewed Research icons are now ready to go! Anyone can use these icons to show when they're making a serious post about peer-reviewed research, rather than just linking to a news...

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October 26, 2007

Optical illusions!

Category: Fun and games

Here are a few neat optical illusions. 1. Multi-colored X? (via Grand Illusions) It appears that the X is two different colors, but it's actually made using just one shade of pink. (more below)...

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October 25, 2007

How sad are these faces? Depends on how sad you are

Category: Research

Take a look at these schematic faces: Just a few simple changes to the mouth and eyebrows can create faces depicting a wide array of emotions. Face 1, for example, is clearly quite happy, and face 12 is sad. Face...

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links for 2007-10-25

Category: In other news

ScienceBloggers Walk Down Memory Lane This is the geek equivalent of "when I was your age I used to walk to six miles school barefoot -- in the snow -- uphill both ways!" Daylight Savings Time worse than previously...

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October 24, 2007

Subliminal advertising works. How scared should we be?

Category: News

The way subliminal advertising is portrayed in movies and hyped in some media outlets, briefly and imperceptibly flashing a brand name during a TV show can turn people into mindless cyborgs who can't resist the urge to shop at a...

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October 23, 2007

Why do some babies talk sooner than others?

Category: Research

When Jim was about 13 months old, I happened to be enrolled in a graduate level developmental psychology class. Our big term paper assignment involved observing two children at different developmental stages. I decided it would be cool to do...

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October 22, 2007

links for 2007-10-22

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Encephalon 34 is ready to go at Distributed Neuron N Skills Every Scientist Should Have Help Chad come up with a list of the most important skills for scientists Some tips for putting together a Behavioral Science grant proposal...

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Let's get a couple of these projects fully funded!

Category: General / Site news

As promised, Greta and I have given our first matching gift to the Donors Choose challenge. We donated $103 as our 10 percent match for the $1,039 that had already been donated. We decided to donate to the two most...

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