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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.
Category: Research
Take a look at this movie (QuickTime Required): The moving object is exactly the same in each picture, but the background is different. If you're like most people, you'll see one object as an ice skater, and the other as...
Posted by Dave Munger at 11:44 AM • 6 Comments •
Category: Research
[originally posted January 26, 2006] Kids in America grow up in a society that overwhelmingly believes in life after death. At the same time, these same kids grow up learning more and more about the nature of living organisms, and...
Posted by Dave Munger at 9:53 AM • 51 Comments •
Category: Research
Take a look at these two pictures. Who is more dangerous? It's not hard to decide, although I wouldn't hurt a fly, and Nora, even at age three, could be brutal with her sarcasm. Now, what's the most dangerous situation?...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:25 PM • 17 Comments •
Category: Research
I'm not bitter about this, honest I'm not, but it does often seem that people who know you very well end up buying really lousy gifts. What I really want to find out is this: why do they do that?...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:51 PM • 14 Comments •
Category: Research
Any grown-up would be surprised to see SpongeBob Squarepants show up in a Batman movie. Clearly, these characters inhabit two different fantasy worlds: one lives in a fabulous mansion near bustling Gotham City, while the other inhabits an underwater...
Posted by Dave Munger at 10:16 AM • 13 Comments •
Category: Research
Occasionally you read a journal article so well-titled, you have to steal it for your blog post title. "Smells Like Clean Spirit" is a report by Rob Holland, Merel Hendricks, and Henk Aarts, in which they use smells to unconsciously...
Posted by Dave Munger at 8:40 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Research
Developmental psychologists since Piaget have been interested in how well children are able to take the perspective of another. Piaget's laboratory had a large table with elaborate models on top; children who were able to take the perspective of a...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:01 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Intentionality
Americans, as any ScienceBlogger will tell you, have a woefully poor understanding of math and science. For the most part, even the most ignorant among us are able to stumble through life, but what happens when we're confronted with a...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:00 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Intentionality
Kids in America grow up in a society that overwhelmingly believes in life after death. At the same time, these same kids grow up learning more and more about the nature of living organisms, and what makes something living or...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:49 PM • 21 Comments •
