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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 27, 2009
Category: Casual Fridays
There's a lot of advice online about what makes a good resume, and in these tough economic times, getting a job is tougher than ever. So this week, I thought we'd test some different resumes and see which factors are...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:13 PM • 11 Comments •
February 26, 2009
Category: Research
Last week, we presented research by Miranda Scolari's team about visual expertise and visual short-term memory. Their conclusion: "experts" don't have a larger visual memory capacity than non-experts, they just have the ability to process more details. Scolari's team was...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:38 PM • 0 Comments •
February 25, 2009
Category: Research
What is so mesmerizing about pointillist paintings like Seurat's Sunday Afternoon at La Grande Jatte? At first, we're impressed by the technical virtuosity of the work. It's an immense painting that Greta and I visited many times when we were...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:28 PM • 12 Comments •
February 23, 2009
Category: Research
One of my most vivid memories from middle school was in English class. The class wasn't paying attention to the teacher -- we were chattering during "work time" and she wanted us to stop and return to a full-class lesson....
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:12 PM • 21 Comments •
February 20, 2009
Category: Casual Fridays
This week's Casual Fridays study was inspired by this comment on the Random Number thread: When a freshman at Penn State too many years ago to count, the intro psychology prof did an amazing demonstration. I wonder if anyone knows...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:31 PM • 21 Comments •
February 18, 2009
Category: Research
Take a look at this quick video. You'll see a set of six small images, arranged in a circle, for 1 second. Then the screen will go blank for 1 second. Finally, one image will reappear in the place of...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:54 PM • 16 Comments •
February 17, 2009
Category: Social
I had a newspaper route up until I was in the ninth grade, and what I dreaded about the job was going door-to-door collecting subscription fees. The worst part was probably the odors in some of the houses. One house...
Posted by Dave Munger at 11:29 AM • 16 Comments •
February 16, 2009
Category: Opinion
In honor of President's Day in the U.S., I bring you this work of "art," generated on the basis of a survey of 1,001 Americans' preferences about art: The work was created to embody the survey responses. The respondents were...
Posted by Dave Munger at 11:30 AM • 23 Comments •
February 13, 2009
Category: Casual Fridays
Just a random Casual Friday survey this week. Click here to take survey. As usual, the survey is brief, and should take only a minute or two to complete. You have until Thursday, February 19 to respond. There is no...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:08 AM • 19 Comments •
February 11, 2009
Category: Research
How do you decide how dangerous a sex-offender is? Certainly all cases of sexual assault are appalling, but clearly some incidents are worse than others. In some places, teenagers who photograph themselves naked and send the pictures to their friends...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:38 PM • 17 Comments •
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