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Dave and Greta Munger Cognitive Daily reports nearly every day on fascinating peer-reviewed developments in cognition from the most respected scientists in the field.

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.

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Ask a ScienceBlogger: Do we really need psychology?

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Cognitive Daily has been chosen to respond to the first question in a newly revised feature on ScienceBlogs: Ask a ScienceBlogger. Readers can submit questions, and they'll be answered by an expert in the field of inquiry (even though it's...

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The Best Science TV Show of All Time

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This week's "Ask a ScienceBlogger" question is easy: The best science TV show is Mythbusters. Let's face it: most TV science programming is downright awful. It dumbs down the content, and tends not to explain the really interesting part of...

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Quick and dirty answer to "Ask a Scienceblogger"

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This week's Ask a Scienceblogger: "Is severely regulating your diet for a month each year, as Muslims do during Ramadan, good for you?" I'd say that's nearly impossible to answer: there are too many other factors at work. But consider...

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Is global warming an opportunity rather than a problem?

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I try to stay away from answering "Ask a Scienceblogger" when it strays too far from my areas of expertise. This week, the question is the following: I read this article in the NRO, and the author actually made some...

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Ask a scienceblogger about science movies

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Seed has asked all the sciencebloggers to respond to the following question: What movie do you think does something admirable (though not necessarily accurate) regarding science? Bonus points for answering whether the chosen movie is any good generally.... I talked...

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How do we find time to blog?

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Funny you asked. It's actually rather a long story. You see, about a year and a half ago, I had this idea to write a book. But, I thought to myself, my problem is that I'm not really an expert in anything. If only I had a real expert who could help me out with, you know, facts and things, I think I could write an excellent book. After racking my brain trying to figure out which of my friends might be interested on working on a book with me, I realized that my best friend -- my wife Greta -- was actually an expert in psychology.

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What would Greta and I be doing if we weren't doing this?

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This week's Ask a Scienceblogger inquires about our other research interests: Assuming that time and money were not obstacles, what area of scientific research, outside of your own discipline, would you most like to explore? Why?... We talked about this...

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Should scientists justify their research to the public?

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This week's "Ask a Scienceblogger question" is: Since they're funded by taxpayer dollars (through the NIH, NSF, and so on), should scientists have to justify their research agendas to the public, rather than just grant-making bodies? NO! The public isn't...

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Will "humans" still exist in 100 years?

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This week's Ask a Scienceblogger question is "will the "human" race still be around in 100 years?" The short answer is yes. The slightly longer answer is this: we could face a number of catastrophes, including a pandemic, massive global...

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The worst invention of the past 100 years

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All the ScienceBloggers have been asked to write about the recent invention they could wipe off the face of the earth. Their answers have been the usual suspects: nuclear bombs, land mines -- truly awful stuff -- and they might...

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