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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.
OmniBrain is now Of Two Minds!
Category: Brain Toys
There are many brain fitness software products available these days so when I was offered a copy of Core Learning's program Mind Builder, I agreed to check it out. It offers a series of test questions similar to America's SAT, while Mind Builder Pro is a fuller package that...
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Category: Humor
Do you want to know why you aren't getting comments on your blog? Do you wonder why you manage to piss off everyone you come across? Your answer is here! This fabulous new equation will determine how many comments you will get for your obnoxious/boring posts!
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Category: Humor
Or why fat smoking republicans are responsible for 9/11. Do you want to know why you aren't getting comments on your blog? Do you wonder why you manage to piss off everyone you come across? Your answer is here! in this fabulous new equation that will determine how many comments...
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Category: Books
Here's another interesting book from the "Review copies of books Steve gets in the mail from publication companies, like Prometheus Books, that love bloggers" series If you've read this book please let us know what you think in the comments section. Todays book is The (Fabulous) Fibonacci Numbers. Book Description:...
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Category: Psychology
Teaching children to better use their working memory in early neurodevelopmental stages may improve their math skills. [The fact] that executive function, even in children this young, is significantly related to early math performance suggests that if we can improve executive function, we can improve their academic performance," says Adele...
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Category: Music
You like science. You like music. You like psychology. How about all together? The members of New Waver met in the early 80s as new recruits to the Australian Tax Office. Over coffee and cards the teenagers discovered their shared passion for popular music, and from there it was a...
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Category: Psychology
Mathematical modeling of procrastination - or "Temporal Motivation Theory"
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Category: Math
Hi everyone! I've been a little lax in my posting as of late. I apologize and as soon as the holidays are over and I'm not sleeping on lots of couches in different places, I'll be more active again. In the mean time here:...
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