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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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November 30, 2007

Few listeners can distinguish between "average" and "best" MP3 samples

Category: Casual Fridays

Two weeks ago, we challenged our readers to see if they could discern the difference between MP3 recordings at different sampling data rates. Nearly 700 completed our study. So does a very high data rate result in a noticeable difference?...

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November 28, 2007

Thumbnail book review: Storm World

Category: Opinion

I've just finished reading fellow ScienceBlogger Chris Mooney's new book Storm World, and I highly recommend it -- not only to people interested in hurricanes and global climate change, but also to fans of cognitive psychology. Why psychology? Because the...

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November 27, 2007

"Just smile, you'll feel better!" Will you? Really?

Category: Research

Do people ever tell you to "just smile, you'll feel better"? If you're like our daughter Nora, you hear it a lot, and you get annoyed every time you hear it. Telling a teenager to smile is probably one of...

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November 26, 2007

What's the best way to help kids become good adults? Some possible answers

Category: Research

What do most parents want for their kids as they grow into adults? Successful careers? Happy family lives? Or do they simply want their children to be good people? They probably want all of these things -- and a little...

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November 24, 2007

Cognitive Daily -- now full text RSS!

Category: General / Site news

That's right, you can now get the full text of every Cognitive Daily post via RSS. There's just one catch: You must buy a $399 Amazon Kindle and pay 99 cents (per month, I assume) to subscribe to Cognitive Daily....

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November 20, 2007

Making complicated decisions by vote: It's complicated

Category: Research

Nothing brings out conflict an academic department like a hiring decision. Adding a new faculty member is complicated by dozens of factors: What field should the new hire be in? Is it more important to hire someone in precisely the...

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November 19, 2007

Selfishness or competition: Which is the stronger influence on behavior?

Category: Research

Suppose you're playing a game where the goal is to accumulate as many points as possible. Now suppose your decisions -- and only your decisions -- control not only how many points you get, but also how many points the...

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November 16, 2007

Casual Fridays: Are all MP3s equal?

Category: Casual Fridays

There's a lot of debate online about whether people can really tell the difference between the various audio formats -- AAC, MP3, you name it. Does it really make a difference? Recently I saw a blog post suggesting that the...

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November 15, 2007

Vote for your favorite CogDaily posts of 2007

Category: General / Site news

Earlier this week we asked readers which CogDaily posts we should submit to the Open Laboratory anthology. We didn't get many suggestions, and commenter Keely had a guess as to why: Perhaps what would be more helpful is to post...

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Sneak peek at the BPR3 aggregation system

Category: General / Site news

Have you been following the progress over at BPR3? Here's an update: With the release of the Research Blogging icon, dozens of blogs and hundreds of posts are already showing the world when they are discussing peer-reviewed research. But the...

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