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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.
Category: Fun and games
In honor of Pi Day, Greta is baking one of our favorite Chicago-style pizzas. This is our reconstruction of the pizza we ate as undergraduates at the University of Chicago. We spent a lot of time hanging out at a...
Posted by Dave Munger at 7:41 PM • 18 Comments •
Category: Fun and games
Today's Slashdot poll covers some of the same territory as this week's Casual Fridays study. Their poll asks "How Many Hours Of Work Do You Do Per Workday?" We asked two questions that get at the same concept: How much...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:41 PM • 14 Comments •
Category: Fun and games
There's a fair bit of evidence that playing games can enhance your cognitive ability and prevent decline as we age. Or at least that's the excuse I use when I take a few minutes off during the course of the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:35 PM • 22 Comments •
Category: Fun and games
Think about an angry face. Make a picture of it in your mind. Then, answer the poll below....
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:05 PM • 19 Comments •
Category: Fun and games
The current issue of WIRED reveals an interesting quirk of the human perceptual system: Can you spot what's wrong?...
Posted by Dave Munger at 7:52 AM • 57 Comments •
Category: Fun and games
I know CogDaily is supposed to be a psychology web site, but sometimes, you have a question you simply must know the answer to. I frequently need to boil a mug of water, and I've often wondered what the most...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:53 PM • 60 Comments •
Category: Fun and games
Yesterday's post offered a simple poll question: # How Many People Will Select The Same Option As You? 0% 1-25% 26-50% 51-75% 76-99% 100% I didn't think this poll would attract as much interest as it did because in one...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:47 AM • 30 Comments •
Category: Fun and games
Slashdot's poll of the moment is just fantastic, combining psychology and reasoning in a very cool way. Here's the question: # How Many People Will Select The Same Option As You? 0% 1-25% 26-50% 51-75% 76-99% 100% Just CowboyNeal [this...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:24 PM • 31 Comments •
Category: Fun and games
Yesterday's demonstration about perception of tempo simply didn't work. If we had successfully replicated Schultze's Vos et al.'s study, we would have seen a systematic bias in the results. I'd like to give this one more shot (I promise this...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:41 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Fun and games
Here are a few neat optical illusions. 1. Multi-colored X? (via Grand Illusions) It appears that the X is two different colors, but it's actually made using just one shade of pink. (more below)...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:02 PM • 2 Comments •
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