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Steve Higgins is sometimes a Psychologist, sometimes a Neuroscientist, and sometimes even a Human Factors Engineer. He works for the U.S. Government. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in Psychology.
December 14, 2010
Category: Academia
Just in case you're looking for something to write on your course evaluations. Or perhaps you are the instructor and you hope you don't get something like this (especially if you are young!) Via Texts From Last Night: I had to do a class evaluation today & the girl beside...
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December 13, 2010
Category: Academia
-via toothpaste for dinner-...
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Category: Psychology
-Via Eurekalert- Los Angeles, CA (December 7, 2010) Most people feel chills and shivers in response to music that thrills them, but some people feel these chills often and others feel them hardly at all. People who are particularly open to new experiences are most likely to have chills in...
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Category: Academia
Just be warned - there's a teensy (tinsy, teensie?) weensy bit of crude language. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor....
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December 8, 2010
Category: Humor
I now believe. -Via Surviving the World- (I really wish I could have just presented the first image and sent you there for the rest - but I'm too lazy to do image editing...)...
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December 7, 2010
Category: Vision
Wow... just wow. -via The Spoiler-...
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December 6, 2010
Category: Technology
Or is it a 'Holiday' miracle now? Anyway... Finally, Congress passes a piece of legislation that citizens on both the right and left side of the political spectrum can get behind. Late yesterday, Congress approved the CALM (Commercial Advertising Loudness Mitigation) Act, which "requires TV advertisers to ensure their ads...
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Category: Psychology
Interesting... More recent research has revealed that chimpanzees and even dogs can catch yawns from those around them, including from humans, but little is known about why we yawn and why it appears to be so infectious. Psychologists at the University of Stirling, however, have now discovered that infants and...
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Category: Psychology
-Via Neatorama-...
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December 5, 2010
Category: Psychology
Enjoy this article. It's some thrilling reading! Brilliant! -via... well I'm not really sure what this is-...
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