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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, 2009
Category: Research
New parents can come up with a seemingly endless array of vexing questions about their infants, from the best brand of stroller to the ideal song to sing them to sleep. The questions begin well before the child is born:...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:23 PM • 9 Comments •
June 26, 2009
Category: General / Site news
Jemsite, a website, forum and blog about guitars, has posted a fairly extensive interview with me about the psychology of music, Cognitive Daily, and other projects I'm working on. Plus, you can find out the name of Jim's Southern rock...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:57 PM • 0 Comments •
June 25, 2009
Category: News
There's an interesting article in the Washington Post today exploring one line of reasoning suggesting that the Iranian election is fraudulent. Basically, it comes down to this: the results aren't random enough. In a fair election, you'd expect that each...
Posted by Dave Munger at 9:59 AM • 26 Comments •
June 24, 2009
Category: Research
Take a look at the following pictures of U.S. dimes. As you can see, they are slightly different from one another -- the date is in the incorrect spot on one of them. Can you tell which one is "wrong"?...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:37 PM • 43 Comments •
June 23, 2009
Category: Research
I've always been amazed by people who are truly bilingual. While I've studied languages in school, I've never been able to seamlessly switch between languages, and even my best non-English language, French, is choppy at best. Compare this to the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:01 PM • 27 Comments •
June 18, 2009
Category: Research
[Originally posted January, 2007] Nearly all video games that offer a first-person perspective -- where the view on-screen simulates what a real person would see as she navigates through the virtual environment -- also include a virtual map to help...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:31 PM • 5 Comments •
June 17, 2009
Category: Research
[Originally posted in April 2007] One "trick" dieters often use is to put their food on a smaller plate. The idea is to fool yourself into thinking you're eating more food than you really are. But doesn't our stomach tell...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:48 AM • 13 Comments •
June 15, 2009
Category: Research
[Originally posted in February, 2007] When you look out the window and then look away, how do you remember what you saw? Do you hold a picture of the window in your head, frame and all? What about a photo?...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:21 AM • 9 Comments •
June 11, 2009
Category: Research
There's lots of research suggesting that we may have something like a "number line" in our head: The SNARC effect says that if you normally read numbers from left to right, you're faster to react to small numbers with your...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:15 PM • 9 Comments •
June 10, 2009
Category: Research
When Nora was born, Jim was just 19 months old, and still unable to communicate other than with the most basic words (ba-ba, da-da, na-na). But we could tell right away that while he liked his new sister, he was...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:37 PM • 31 Comments •
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