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The Omnibrain is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, The Omnibrain is a real graduate student at a real school somewhere in the continental United States - or maybe Europe.
September 30, 2009
Category: Animals
Wow, their brains are small. It all makes sense now - all they want to do is eat shit and kill their competitors. Anyone want to translate the, what I'm assuming, is Japanese for me? -Via Neatorama-...
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September 25, 2009
Category: Animals
At least in this accidental viewpoint. -via ihasahotdog-...
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September 24, 2009
Category: Biology
It seems that there is a new way to tell if someone is gay. Look at the top of their head. Yes that's right, have them bend over, get onto their knees.. or you could stand on a chair and look. If their hair is swirling a little funny they might (or more likely might not) be gay.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 2:59 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Neuroscience
Here's an interesting video from boingboing: Boing Boing presents a remix of "Synesthesia," a documentary directed by Jonathan Fowler about people whose senses blend, or mix. For instance: a synesthete might see colors when listening to music, or taste flavors when hearing a spoken word. In this documentary, Dr. David...
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September 21, 2009
Category: Humor
Zombies are attacking Detroit! This is why all of the brains are disappearing out of the city! Check out the picture here's the undeniable evidence: Not only are the Zombies eating Detroit's brains it sounds like the young folk are escaping and leaving no brains left for the Zombies to...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 1:32 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Psychology
It's looks to me like people are blaming the boyfriend and his poor judgment for the accident and the grace of God for this girls ability to physically pull the boyfriend out and down the hill (as well as her being a nurse in training or something, as well running into trauma nurses at the bottom). Now I don't hang out with many religious folks so I'm not sure how consistent this is but I've definitely seen this before (anyone want to do the study?!). This is very similar to the ultimate attribution error to me, except that it doesn't focus on an out-group. The ultimate attribution error is a common cognitive bias that causes people to attribute behavior of out-group (ethnic, social, or anyone not like us) members to either internal or external factors depending on whether it was a positive or negative outcome. So if someone does something positive, like the other team winning, it was an external factor - such as the weather or home-field advantage. On the other hand if someone does something stupid it wasn't because the situation led them to it, instead it was them being a dumbass - like the boyfriend falling into the water.
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September 18, 2009
Category: Blogging
Yes, it's true. Real posts to come....
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