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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.
October 31, 2007
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...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:32 PM • 37 Comments •
October 30, 2007
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...
Posted by Dave Munger at 7:30 AM • 0 Comments •
October 29, 2007
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...
Posted by Dave Munger at 8:56 AM • 10 Comments •
October 26, 2007
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)...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:02 PM • 2 Comments •
October 25, 2007
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...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:28 PM • 15 Comments •
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...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:21 PM • 0 Comments •
October 24, 2007
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...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:54 PM • 13 Comments •
October 23, 2007
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...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:52 PM • 13 Comments •
October 22, 2007
Category: In other news
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...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:25 PM • 0 Comments •
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...
Posted by Dave Munger at 8:33 AM • 2 Comments •
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