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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.
February 29, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
[I've been sick the past couple days, so I'm not going to be able to post a new Casual Friday today. But here's an old one that many of our readers probably haven't seen.] Last week's Casual Friday survey asked...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:19 PM • 19 Comments •
February 26, 2008
Category: Research
It's hard to resist flirting with babies. Even if a baby has been screaming her head off for hours on end in the seat behind you on a transatlantic flight, if she giggles and smiles when you're deplaning, you'll probably...
Posted by Dave Munger at 8:00 PM • 11 Comments •
February 25, 2008
Category: Research
When adults are asked if they remember pictures of faces, they're more accurate when the faces are the same race as they are. It makes some sense -- people are likely to spend more time with and have more same-race...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:44 PM • 13 Comments •
February 22, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
Last week we asked readers how they used their calendars: we were curious if the way people used their calendars said anything about how busy their lives were. We found out an awful lot about how readers use calendars, but...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:27 PM • 7 Comments •
February 20, 2008
Category: Research
One of the most common "icebreaker" conversation topics is music preferences. We ask friends what they're listening to on their iPods, bloggers post playlists on their sidebars, and one of the most popular websites on the planet (MySpace) is built...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:49 PM • 17 Comments •
February 19, 2008
Category: Research
Take a look at this amazing illusion created by Arthur Shapiro (you'll need the latest version of Flash Player to see it): You're looking at two donut-shaped figures whose "holes" are gradually changing color from black to white and back...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:22 PM • 48 Comments •
February 18, 2008
Category: News
The Encephalon blog carnival is up and running at SharpBrains after a short hiatus. Check it out for the latest great posts in psychology and neuroscience....
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:22 PM • 0 Comments •
February 15, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
Just a few months ago, I finally convinced Greta to convert her old paper appointment calendar to an electronic version. Now instead of writing her appointments down in a little book, she enters it in her computer or her PDA....
Posted by Dave Munger at 8:30 AM • 12 Comments •
February 14, 2008
Category: Research
I don't need words to think about the shape of a car, or how to throw a football, or the taste of a chocolate chip cookie. In fact, things like that are probably easier to think about without using language....
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:17 PM • 38 Comments •
February 13, 2008
Category: Research
Which of these two pictures is more memorable? The shot on the left is interesting primarily because Nora's in it -- if it was just a picture of a muddy trail, it wouldn't be notable at all to most people....
Posted by Dave Munger at 11:06 AM • 17 Comments •
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