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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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September 29, 2008

John McCain, risk, and anger

Category: EmotionReasoningResearchSocial

Thomas Levenson has written an interesting post about John McCain and his fascination with high-stakes gambling. While it's clear that his gambling habit isn't going to put McCain in any serious financial danger, it does raise questions about his personality....

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September 26, 2008

Prius owners: Just like Mac owners but less attractive?

Category: Casual Fridays

Last week we sought to uncover the truth behind the stereotype: Are Prius owners really just like Mac owners? In a non-scientific fashion, we quizzed our readers about several of the most common stereotypes that seem to follow these two...

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September 25, 2008

Sex-ed in the real world: Do intentions affect actions in the heat of the moment?

Category: ResearchSocial

Notwithstanding the cute pictures from yesterday's post, Jim is now nearly seventeen years old. He's taller than me, has a beard, and is much less interested in having his photo taken, so I don't have any recent pictures. He also...

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September 24, 2008

Toddlers play with impossibly small toys as if they're the real thing

Category: Development / AgingPerceptionReasoningResearch

When Jimmy and Nora were toddlers, we bought them great little plastic scooters to ride around the house. They were the perfect size for a small child. Yet Jimmy preferred to ride around on a plastic garbage truck instead, despite...

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September 22, 2008

Operant conditioning at the NC Zoo

Category: News

You might think the zoo is an odd place for psychology bloggers to meet up. But on Saturday not only did Greta and I get a chance to connect with some of our readers and fellow bloggers, we also received...

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September 19, 2008

Casual Fridays: Are Mac owners like Prius owners?

Category: Casual Fridays

A few days ago I noticed a comment on an online forum: "Prius owners are just like Mac owners." As a Mac owner and Prius owner, I felt that this comment needlessly stereotyped me. Were they implying that there was...

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September 17, 2008

A simple toy, and what it says about how we learn to mentally rotate objects

Category: Development / AgingMovement and exerciseReasoningResearch

One of Jimmy's favorite toys as a toddler was a simple little bucket of blocks. There were three shapes: a rectangular prism, a triangular prism, and a cylinder. The bucket's lid had three holes: a square, a triangle, and a...

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September 16, 2008

Meet us at the North Carolina Zoo this Saturday -- ScienceBlogs will pay for your ticket!

Category: General / Site news

Greta and I will be at the North Carolina Zoo this coming Saturday, September 20, to meet with readers and practically all of the North Carolina ScienceBloggers. We've arranged a special tour of the zoo with an expert member of...

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September 15, 2008

Even music played before or after a film character is shown affects our perception of their emotion

Category: EmotionFilmMusicResearch

It's now taken as a given that the musical score of a movie can have huge influence on our perception of the movie. From the pulsating terror achieved in films like Psycho and Jaws, to the triumphant victories in Star...

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September 12, 2008

Casual Fridays: Who's losing sleep over Michael Phelps? What about Sarah Palin?

Category: Casual Fridays

Last week we asked readers how much sleep they lost staying up to watch the political coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions, and how that compared to the sleep they lost a few weeks earlier watching the coverage of...

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September 11, 2008

The bloodier the game, the more hostile the gamer

Category: ResearchSocialVideo Games / Technology

One big problem with many of the studies of video game violence is that they compare different games. Sure, people might behave more aggressively after playing Carmaggeddon instead of Tetris -- they're completely different games! What would be more impressive...

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September 8, 2008

We don't always need to be paying attention to perceive shapes

Category: AttentionPerceptionResearch

Take a look at these pictures. Each picture depicts four shapes -- irregular vertical columns spanning the height of the picture. It's easy to tell which letter is on a column and which is not, right? If our readers are...

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September 5, 2008

Casual Fridays returns: Politics versus sports!

Category: Casual Fridays

Which event is the winner: Do political conventions disrupt sleeping habits more, or do sporting events? Now we'll find out!

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September 3, 2008

Is there a separate memory region for location of sound?

Category: MemoryPerceptionResearch

You may have heard of the idea that people can only remember seven things at a time -- a seven-digit phone number, a license-plate, etc. While the size of working memory actually varies from person to person (it usually ranges...

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September 2, 2008

ResearchBlogging.org v2 is officially launched!

Category: News

Over the weekend we finished transferring ResearchBlogging.org from its dependably quirky old home to sleek new digs. If you haven't visited the site in the past 72 hours, you should definitely head over to take a look -- or even...

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Meet North Carolina ScienceBloggers (including Dave and Greta)!

Category: General / Site news

On Saturday, September 20, the action in North Carolina will be at the Asheboro zoo. All the North Carolina ScienceBloggers will be there, and you can too -- there will be a guided tour of the zoo led by one...

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