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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.
April 30, 2008
Category: News
The man behind the amazing Contrast Asynchrony illusion has started a blog! Arthur Shapiro tells me he has a backlog of literally thousands of illusions. He promises to offer a new illusion every week, along with an explanation of the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:05 AM • 3 Comments •
April 29, 2008
Category: Research
Humans are exceptionally good at recognizing faces they've seen before. It doesn't take much study to accurately recall whether or not you've seen a particular face. However, this pattern breaks down when faces come from unfamiliar races. A white person...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:17 PM • 16 Comments •
April 28, 2008
Category: News
Thank you for "choosing" to read Encephalon #44 here at Cognitive Daily. Every two weeks, Encephalon "selects" the best psychology and neuroscience blog posts from around the blogosphere, giving readers the chance to "decide" which ones they'd like to investigate...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:51 PM • 6 Comments •
April 27, 2008
Category: News
CogDaily will be hosting Encephalon tomorrow. There's still time to make your submissions -- just send an email to encephalon.host -- @ -- gmail -- . -- com (remove dashes). We should be able to include any submissions received before...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:31 PM • 0 Comments •
April 26, 2008
Category: News
There's a fun little test over at the BBC: Spot the fake smile (via Green Ideas). Try to spot the difference between fake smiles and real smiles! I got 17 out of 20. It helps to understand the research about...
Posted by Dave Munger at 8:28 AM • 47 Comments •
April 25, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
Last week's Casual Friday study was all about money. The basic question was simply what it means to be rich -- how much income and net worth does it take before you consider someone to be wealthy? We received over...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:07 PM • 21 Comments •
April 24, 2008
Category: Research
Although not all games are equal, there's plenty of evidence that playing some violent video games can cause aggressive real-world behavior. Sites like addictinggames.com offer popular games whose sole point is to play the role of a hit-man or even...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:44 PM • 31 Comments •
Category: News
ScienceBlogs.de, our German counterpart, is featuring an English-language interview with Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel: Pertinent to Tuesday's post, he discusses free will, and also drug treatment for behavior disorders, the unification of the sciences, and Sigmund Freud....
Posted by Dave Munger at 7:21 AM • 1 Comments •
April 22, 2008
Category: Research
Do we have free will? While some may see the question as trivial, it's a challenging topic that has been actively debated for centuries. Whether or not you believe a god is involved, a case can be made that free...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:31 PM • 29 Comments •
April 21, 2008
Category: Fun and games
I know CogDaily is supposed to be a psychology web site, but sometimes, you have a question you simply must know the answer to. I frequently need to boil a mug of water, and I've often wondered what the most...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:53 PM • 60 Comments •
