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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 president of ResearchBlogging.org and a writer whose works include Researching Online. And yes, he is married to Greta.
Category: Research
Take a group of 18- and 19-year-old women, college freshmen and sophomores. Then test them to find out who has the most social anxiety: who's most nervous about dealing with other people, particularly in public situations. What would be the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:04 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Research
When Nora was born, Jim was just 19 months old, and still unable to communicate other than with the most basic words (ba-ba, da-da, na-na). But we could tell right away that while he liked his new sister, he was...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:37 PM • 31 Comments •
Category: Research
[This article was originally posted in December, 2006] 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...
Posted by Dave Munger at 8:28 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: Research
When I was in elementary school, we had two recesses every day: 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the afternoon. Plus, we had a 30-minute lunch period, and as soon as we finished eating we were free...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:52 PM • 24 Comments •
Category: Research
Joe and Michelle are having dinner at a romantic restaurant. It's their first anniversary, and everything is perfect -- until an attractive woman walks past the table. Michelle notices that Joe casts a quick glance at the woman. Michelle flashes...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:20 PM • 35 Comments •
Category: Research
Imagine the following scenario: Matthew is playing with his new kitten late one night. He is wearing only his boxer shorts, and the kitten sometimes walks over his genitals. Eventually, this arouses him, and he begins to rub his bare...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:55 PM • 36 Comments •
Category: Research
One of the most controversial topics here on Cognitive Daily is whether playing video games can lead to aggressive behavior or violence -- and one of the most dramatic demonstrations of the impact of violent video games was a 2000...
Posted by Dave Munger at 11:38 AM • 27 Comments •
Category: Research
A few years ago we discussed a fascinating study which appeared to show that the main reason we stop eating at the end of a meal isn't because we "feel" full. Instead, we simply see that we've finished eating the...
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:32 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: Social
I had a newspaper route up until I was in the ninth grade, and what I dreaded about the job was going door-to-door collecting subscription fees. The worst part was probably the odors in some of the houses. One house...
Posted by Dave Munger at 11:29 AM • 15 Comments •
Category: Research
How do you decide how dangerous a sex-offender is? Certainly all cases of sexual assault are appalling, but clearly some incidents are worse than others. In some places, teenagers who photograph themselves naked and send the pictures to their friends...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:38 PM • 17 Comments •
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