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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 26, 2009
Category: Research
In celebration of Thanksgiving in the U.S., I'm reposting this piece, originally posted in April, 2008. How often do you take time to reflect on the things you're grateful for? Once a month? Once a week, at church, perhaps? Maybe...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:36 AM • 11 Comments •
November 24, 2009
Category: Research
Recently a woman had her sick leave benefits based on a diagnosis of clinical depression terminated because of a few pictures she posted on her Facebook page showing her smiling at a birthday party and enjoying a trip to the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:19 PM • 9 Comments •
November 20, 2009
Category: Casual Fridays
We received an astonishing number of responses to last week's Casual Fridays study, which claimed to be able to identify what makes a good writer in just a few minutes. Of course, I wasn't actually very confident that a brief...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:38 PM • 27 Comments •
November 19, 2009
Category: Research
How does our visual system decide if something is a face? Some automated face-detecting software uses color as one cue that something is a face. For example Apple's iPhoto has no trouble determining that there are two faces in this...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:43 PM • 6 Comments •
November 17, 2009
Category: Research
Who's more "sociable," men or women? Common sense says it's women, right? And many research studies back this impression up: Women are more interpersonal, more connected, more interdependent than men. Women are more likely to share intimate information with each...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:28 PM • 37 Comments •
November 13, 2009
Category: Casual Fridays
Some people just seem to be natural writers -- they can write perfect, elegant sentences with a minimum of effort. Some popular fiction novelists crank out 6 or more novels per year. Some bloggers write 10 or more posts per...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:51 PM • 33 Comments •
November 12, 2009
Category: Research
When we were getting ready to have our first child, I decided that I would quit my job, work out of home as a freelancer, and take care of our baby while Greta finished graduate school. That worked well for...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:31 PM • 19 Comments •
November 11, 2009
Category: In other news
This week on SEED, I'm writing about Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), a promising new way to treat clinical depression. Here's a snippet: In DBS therapy, one or more electrodes the size of a spaghetti strand are precisely positioned in the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 11:49 AM • 2 Comments •
November 10, 2009
Category: Research
Take a look at this video from last night's episode of Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show." If you'd like, you can skip past all the political snark to the 4:47 mark to watch Jon bring cognitive psychology into prime time...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:09 PM • 5 Comments •
November 5, 2009
Category: Research
Greta and I did our undergraduate studies at the University of Chicago, or as a commonly-sold T-shirt on campus put it, "where fun goes to die." To say that Chicago didn't emphasize academics over a social life is to deny...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:20 PM • 10 Comments •
