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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 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

Cuts in movies, and their impact on memory

Category: MemoryPerceptionResearch

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...

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January 30, 2008

Birthday present for me

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...

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January 29, 2008

Kids' naps good for something besides maintaining parental sanity

Category: Development / AgingLanguageResearch

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...

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Are CogDaily readers more rational than Slashdotters?

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...

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January 28, 2008

Very cool poll at slashdot

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...

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Omnispectacle? Retrobrain?

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...

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January 25, 2008

Casual Fridays: Buffet-style restaurants -- Results are in!

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...

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New ScienceBloggers!

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...

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January 24, 2008

What you know, and how it's different from what you remember

Category: LanguageMemoryResearch

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...

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January 23, 2008

ResearchBlogging.org: Successes and ... er ... opportunities for improvement

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...

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January 22, 2008

Simpler is better: How kids identify ambiguous objects

Category: Development / AgingLanguageReasoningResearch

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...

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January 21, 2008

Introducing ResearchBlogging.org

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...

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January 19, 2008

Helpful stuff from my presentation at the Science Blogging conference

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...

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January 18, 2008

Casual Fridays: Who visits buffet-style restaurants?

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...

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January 17, 2008

Blurry vision and aging: How older eyes cope

Category: Development / AgingPerceptionResearch

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...

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January 15, 2008

Kids who won't eat: Is there any hope for changing their preferences?

Category: Development / AgingResearchTaste

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...

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