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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 president of ResearchBlogging.org and a writer whose works include Researching Online. And yes, he is married to Greta.
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January 31, 2008
Category: Memory • Perception • Research
When we watch a movie, we're usually not conscious of the cuts made by the editor. The camera angle may change dozens of times during a scene, and we follow along as if the flashing from one viewpoint to another...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:53 PM • 28 Comments
January 30, 2008
Category: General / Site news
Today is my birthday, so instead of offering a post for you, I thought I'd ask for a small gift. I'd like to revamp my personal web browsing system so that it's more efficient. I already keep up with psychology...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:00 PM • 49 Comments
January 29, 2008
Category: Development / Aging • Language • Research
Two facts are true about young children: they sleep a lot more than adults, and they learn language at an astonishing rate. How can they learn so much when they're sleeping so much of the time? Perhaps sleep itself enhances...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:20 PM • 9 Comments
Category: Fun and games
Yesterday's post offered a simple poll question: # How Many People Will Select The Same Option As You? 0% 1-25% 26-50% 51-75% 76-99% 100% I didn't think this poll would attract as much interest as it did because in one...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:47 AM • 30 Comments
January 28, 2008
Category: Fun and games
Slashdot's poll of the moment is just fantastic, combining psychology and reasoning in a very cool way. Here's the question: # How Many People Will Select The Same Option As You? 0% 1-25% 26-50% 51-75% 76-99% 100% Just CowboyNeal [this...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:24 PM • 31 Comments
Category: General / Site news
The number of psychology / neuroscience blogs on scienceblogs.com will soon decrease by one. However, the number of bloggers will stay the same. How is that possible? The hilarious Omni Brain and thought-provoking Restrospectacle are each closing down shop. But...
Posted by Dave Munger at 6:33 AM •
January 25, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
Last week we asked readers how often they eat at buffet-style restaurants, where diners serve themselves unlimited portions of food from heated serving tables. The question was inspired by a post by ScienceBlogs editor Virginia Hughes, which was inspired by...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:43 PM • 10 Comments
Category: General / Site news
Three great new bloggers have joined the ScienceBlogs team: Kate Seip has joined Jake at Pure Pedantry. You may remember her excellent blog Anterior Commissure. Sometime CogDaily commenter DrugMonkey is also now in the house, with coblogger PhysioProf. Let's welcome...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:46 AM • 1 Comments
January 24, 2008
Category: Language • Memory • Research
When you know something, is that different from remembering? Both types of thoughts are clearly part of the memory system, but is there really any difference between the two concepts? We often use the two terms nearly interchangeably: I might...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:51 PM • 9 Comments
January 23, 2008
Category: General / Site news
Less than a week after its official launch, ResearchBlogging.org now has 78 active, registered users. We're already bigger than ScienceBlogs.com! Of course, many of our users are ScienceBloggers -- these projects can definitely work together. We can also get much...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:13 PM • 4 Comments
January 22, 2008
Category: Development / Aging • Language • Reasoning • Research
When we first moved to the small suburban town we still live in, we quickly realized we needed to buy a second car. Nora and Jim were just one and two and a half years old, only barely beginning to...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:55 PM • 10 Comments
January 21, 2008
Category: General / Site news
I'm pleased to announce a new site that allows bloggers to not only show when they're blogging about peer-reviewed research, but also to share that work with readers and bloggers around the world. ResearchBlogging.org doesn't just enable you to mark...
Posted by Dave Munger at 8:38 AM • 16 Comments
January 19, 2008
Category: News
I'm posting this live from my presentation at the Science Blogging conference. My session is entitled "How to build interactivity into your blog," and this post offers some links that I discuss in the presentation. Polling services Blog Flux polls...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:40 PM • 3 Comments
January 18, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
I'm at the North Carolina Science Blogging Conference this weekend, and I wasn't planning on doing a Casual Friday this week. But Virginia Hughes gave me an idea for a really quick one. What state boasts the most-frequent buffet-style restaurant...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:23 PM • 11 Comments
January 17, 2008
Category: Development / Aging • Perception • Research
Take a look at this slideshow (QuickTime required). You'll first see a photo in perfect focus. Then 12 more pictures will flash by, each of them blurred using Photoshop. Finally, the original photo will appear again. Is it the same...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:06 PM • 21 Comments
January 15, 2008
Category: Development / Aging • Research • Taste
At least once or twice a week at dinnertime, our family has what we call a "harmony meal." Jim and Nora are good eaters with broad tastes, but they both (along with me and Greta) also have some foods they...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:00 PM • 20 Comments
