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Greta Munger is Professor of Psychology at Davidson College whose works include The History of Psychology: Fundamental Questions. Dave Munger now writes at The Daily Monthly. He is co-founder and editor of ResearchBlogging.org and a columnist on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. And yes, he is married to Greta.
November 28, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
Greta walks a mile to work every day. I work at home, so I don't walk around town much. I'm much more likely to be driving down the street where we live than walking on it. Does this affect our...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:10 PM • 42 Comments •
November 26, 2008
Category: Research
(This entry was originally posted in May, 2006) We've discussed implicit attitudes on Cognitive Daily before, but never in the context of food. The standard implicit attitude task asks you to identify items belonging to two different categories. Consider the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:36 PM • 9 Comments •
November 24, 2008
Category: Research
Boundary extension is a phenomenon we've discussed a lot on Cognitive Daily. It's typically described as a memory error: We remember scenes as having bigger boundaries than what we originally saw. Take a look at these two pictures of Jim:...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:26 PM • 11 Comments •
November 21, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
Last week we wondered how having kids affects our own childhood memories. In many ways, our kids remind us of our own childhood, allowing us to relive our favorite memories. But kids also distract us by being so adorable (or...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:30 PM • 16 Comments •
November 20, 2008
Category: General / Site news
Here are the four posts that I selected to nominate for Open Laboratory 2008, the collection of the best science blog posts of the year: Toddlers play with impossibly small toys as if they're the real thing Will video games...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:27 AM • •
November 19, 2008
Category: Research
A Necker cube is bi-stable figure, meaning that it can be perceived as two different three-dimensional objects, depending on how you look at it: Cube A is ambiguous -- the true Necker cube. Cube B and cube C show the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:00 PM • 12 Comments •
November 17, 2008
Category: General / Site news
I've set up accounts on FriendFeed and Twitter with the username davemunger. I'm going to give these sites a try for the next week or so. Unlike with Facebook where we've got a profile but haven't really done much, I'd...
Posted by Dave Munger at 8:27 PM • 12 Comments •
Category: Research
One of things I was taught over and over again when I was in education school was the importance of getting parents involved in kids' learning. If you get the parents on your side, my professors insisted, then you're going...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:18 PM • 10 Comments •
November 14, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
This morning I was having a conversation with Nora about her AP European history class, and it got me thinking about my own experience taking the same class about 25 years ago (yes, kids, they did have AP classes back...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:48 PM • 18 Comments •
Category: General / Site news
Greta and I will be participating in a panel on blogging tomorrow in Charlotte, NC. If you're in town, you might want to stop by. More information here....
Posted by Dave Munger at 11:05 AM • •
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