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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.
June 30, 2008
Category: Research
In our discussions of violence associated with video game play, we've frequently noted that there appear to be different effects depending on the type of video game. Some games are more violent than others, and some games reward violence while...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:13 PM • 30 Comments •
June 27, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
This is just a brief note to let our loyal Casual Friday readers know that we'll be going on a break for the summer. We should be able to maintain a semi-reasonable pace with the regular Cognitive Daily posts, but...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:02 PM • 3 Comments •
June 26, 2008
Category: Research
My high school experience, like that of nearly everyone who attended my school, was a perplexing one. It seemed there were only a few "popular" people -- those that everyone knew and liked -- and wanted to be like. Everyone...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:35 PM • 13 Comments •
June 25, 2008
Category: General / Site news
We're still working hard on getting the next version of ResearchBlogging.org ready to go. I know this is taking a long time, but since we have a (semi) working system right now, we really want to get this right. It...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:48 PM • •
June 23, 2008
Category: Research
Do you multitask? I'm not talking about literally doing two things at once, like emailing while talking on the phone, or playing the trombone while washing the dishes. I'm talking about the more common phenomenon of starting one project before...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:03 PM • 21 Comments •
June 21, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
One of the things that motivated Nora and me to conduct the Casual Friday nuts study was our intense ambivalence toward the Brazil nut. It's so much bigger than the other nuts that it tends to dominate any mixture, even...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:00 AM • 31 Comments •
June 20, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
Last week we asked our readers what their favorite types of mixed nuts were. Does the mixture that comes in the can actually approximate real-world preferences, or are the nut-packagers just giving us the cheapest nuts, with no allowances for...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:24 PM • 12 Comments •
June 19, 2008
Category: Research
One of the first steps to learning a language is figuring out where one word ends and the next one begins. Since fluent speakers don't generally pause between words, it can be a daunting task. We've discussed one of the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 8:32 AM • 18 Comments •
June 17, 2008
Category: Research
What makes something look glossy? At first, it doesn't seem like a difficult question -- it's something smooth and reflective. But if you were to attempt to draw something that looked glossy, how would you to it? Now, the problem...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:00 PM • 2 Comments •
June 16, 2008
Category: Research
Listen to this short audio clip: The clip plays two notes that are two full octaves apart. That's a greater range than many people can produce vocally. It should be easy for anyone to tell the difference between these two...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:22 PM • 7 Comments •
