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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.
May 29, 2009
Category: Casual Fridays
Last week we asked readers to rate a set of statements they might see on Twitter. The premise of our study was that sometimes it's difficult to decide whether someone is insulting you or complimenting you. But we were actually...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:16 PM • 12 Comments •
May 28, 2009
Category: Research
Take a look at this video. Your job: decide which person speaks first: Click to view Video 1 (QuickTime required) Let's make this a poll: Which person in Video 1 speaks first?(web poll) Now, try another one. Once again, decide...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:34 PM • 8 Comments •
May 27, 2009
Category: Research
A common defense in murder cases is "focal retrograde amnesia": the defendant claims to have simply forgotten what occurred around the time of the crime (perhaps due having consumed too much alcohol or other drugs). In fact, "amnesia" is claimed...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:15 PM • 13 Comments •
May 25, 2009
Category: In other news
Encephalon, the biweekly collection of the best psychology and neuroscience posts on the web, is now available at Neuroanthropology. In addition to great science, there's a collection of clips from a classic movie about Italian food, "Big Night." Here's my...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:47 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Research
[This article was originally posted in December, 2006] I'm not bitter about this, honest I'm not, but it does often seem that people who know you very well end up buying really lousy gifts. What I really want to find...
Posted by Dave Munger at 8:28 AM • 8 Comments •
May 22, 2009
Category: Casual Fridays
It's never been easy to communicate clearly online (or in person, for that matter). Often a statement meant as a compliment can be taken the wrong way. Or someone can mistake a statement made in jest for a serious statement....
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:43 PM • 34 Comments •
May 21, 2009
Category: Research
Last night in the U.S. many televisions were tuned to one of the biggest spectacles of the year: the American Idol finale, where America would learn which singer had been chosen as "America's favorite" (or, more cynically, who inspired the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:50 PM • 21 Comments •
May 20, 2009
Category: Research
When I was in elementary school, we had two recesses every day: 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the afternoon. Plus, we had a 30-minute lunch period, and as soon as we finished eating we were free...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:52 PM • 24 Comments •
May 19, 2009
Category: News
For nine months, you've been able to read posts on ResearchBlogging.org in German and English. Soon, the site will be launching support for Spanish. Evaristo Rojas-Mayoral has created a blog to collect the names and URLs of interested blogs. If...
Posted by Dave Munger at 11:36 AM • 3 Comments •
May 18, 2009
Category: Research
If, like me, you grew up in the U.S. in the 1970s and 80s, you probably remember the game show Name That Tune, where contestants heard brief snippets from popular songs and had to name them as quickly as possible....
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:25 PM • 15 Comments •
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