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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: 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 •
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 •
Category: Research
Classical Indian dancing is a tradition that extends back 2,000 years. Unlike much Western dance, it is intended to express specific emotions and tell detailed stories. The Natyasastra, a text from the first or second century A.D., offers instructions for...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:22 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Research
I think I've mentioned here before that I'm a big fan of chocolate. I get upset when coffee shops in my area only bring out the chocolates in the afternoon. Who says you can't have a chocolate chip cookie for...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:27 PM • 15 Comments •
Category: Research
Imagine you learned your romantic partner was unfaithful to you. Would you be more upset if he or she had sex with someone else, or if they had fallen in love with someone else? Several studies have found that the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:05 PM • 19 Comments •
Category: Research
Imagine a critical witness being grilled in preparation for a high-profile murder case. The prosecuting attorney wants to make sure she has every angle covered, so she questions the witness over and over to double- and triple-check that he has...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:49 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Research
Jim and Nora each attended summer camps that they enjoyed tremendously this past summer. When we picked up Nora from her camp, she was completely exhausted. Why? She and her new friends had only gotten 30 minutes of pretend sleep...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:20 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Research
We've discussed attentional blink several times on CogDaily. It's a fascinating phenomenon: if you see a series of images flashing by rapidly, you can normally pick out one of the images (for example, a banana in series of pictures of...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:50 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Research
Last year Nora and I went on a hike in the remote Pasayten Wilderness in northern Washington state. Parts of the hike were extremely grueling, while other parts were quite easy and fun. I made this short video to try...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:15 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: Research
Take a look at this video. Your job: decide which person speaks first: Click to view Video 1 (QuickTime required) Let's make this a poll: Which person in Video 1 speaks first?(web poll) Now, try another one. Once again, decide...
Posted by Dave Munger at 4:34 PM • 8 Comments •
