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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.
October 30, 2009
Category: Casual Fridays
Political opinion polls are very tricky. Answers to questions depend on the order they're asked in, and on precisely how they are phrased. If you ask people whether they're in favor of killing unborn children, you'll get a much different...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:05 PM • 11 Comments •
October 29, 2009
Category: Research
Take a look at this face: Does it look more angry or fearful? It may be rather difficult to tell: About fifty percent of adults say faces like this are angry and fifty percent say it's fearful. However, for children,...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:53 PM • 3 Comments •
October 28, 2009
Category: Research
Product placements in movies and TV shows are becoming so commonplace that my kids now cynically take note of them whenever they appear. It wasn't always that way. In 1982 when I first saw E.T. I had no idea that...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:18 PM • 16 Comments •
Category: In other news
Over at SEEDMAGAZINE.COM, my column discusses the recent flurry of blog posts and media reporting on the placebo effect. Here's a snippet: This is the primary misconception about placebos: that the placebo itself is somehow "working" to treat a medical...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:34 AM • 1 Comments •
October 23, 2009
Category: Casual Fridays
Political opinion polls are funny things. A recent poll suggests that Americans are much less concerned about global warming than they were a couple years ago. What happened? The science hasn't changed, and the world isn't putting out any fewer...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:55 PM • 8 Comments •
October 22, 2009
Category: Research
When Jim and Nora were in elementary school, both Greta and I worked challenging jobs, so we did whatever we could to save time. Instead of bringing lunches made by their parents, the kids bought hot meals at school. The...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:15 PM • 18 Comments •
October 21, 2009
Category: In other news
In case you missed them, here are my picks from ResearchBlogging.org's Psychology and Neuroscience posts from the past week. Mice navigate a virtual-reality maze. Go for the amazingly cute video. Stay for the science! Brain imaging for lie-detection doesn't live...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:13 PM • 1 Comments •
October 20, 2009
Category: Research
Recently we took our hybrid car into the shop for its annual emissions test. In our state, the test is conducted while the car is idling. A hybrid doesn't actually idle -- it shuts the engine off completely. So our...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:46 PM • 15 Comments •
October 16, 2009
Category: Casual Fridays
Almost three years ago, we conducted our first-ever Casual Fridays study, where we asked who says "hi" to you while you're outside exercising. The results confirmed my suspicions: Runners report that they say "hi" to walkers 57.1 percent of the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:12 PM • 13 Comments •
October 14, 2009
Category: Research
I've just read an engrossing report about some very promising research in a an exciting field. The researchers combined fMRI research with genetic analysis to see if they could identify a genetic basis for anger. And they actually found something...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:58 PM • 7 Comments •
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