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bad science
May 16th, 2012If you are a cognitive psychologist, this is kinda’ cute
April 16th, 2012
gocomics.com
If the growth serum didn’t work, the sound wouldn’t be able to carry since everything would be too far away from the correct floor. A closed window would also prevent the sound from carrying, since most buildings tend to be well insulated. Since the whole operation depends on a steady flow of mutagens, a break in the middle of the genome would also cause problems. Of course, the fellow could shout, but the human voice is not loud enough to carry that far. An additional problem is that a string could break on the instrument. Then there could be no accompaniment to the message. It is clear that the best situation would involve less distance. Then there would be fewer potential problems. With face to face contact, the least number of things could go wrong.
Art and Psychology mix
March 25th, 2012
The gigantic neon smiley face, known as the Feel-o-Meter or Public Face, displayed the mood of the city in real time. Hooked up to a sophisticated software system first developed in 2007 by the Fraunhofer Institut that analyzed the facial expression of random city-goers, it fed the data to the smiley. The smiley then subsequently shifted its expression in real time from happy to sad or neutral depending on the overall emotional state of the people.
2012 Oscars and the Bechdel Test
March 25th, 2012[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH8JuizIXw8[/youtube]
chalk board cleaner
February 29th, 2012[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xwCwbKrZQc[/youtube]
Stare at the dot for 5 minutes. Can you see the shark?
February 13th, 2012
Wait, wait …
February 13th, 2012SAGAL: This is from a study in the Journal of Personality. It is called that because it’s not very good looking.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: Oh, the journal, it has personality.
– Peter Sagal, Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me. 12/10/11
Please allow me to blow your mind
December 30th, 2011[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0[/youtube]
On the craft of teaching
December 23rd, 2011[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raurl4s0pjU[/youtube]
The Meandering Mind: Vection and Mental Time Travel
December 23rd, 2011
The ability to travel mentally through time sets humans apart from many other species, yet little is known about this core cognitive capacity. In particular, what shapes the passage of the mind’s journey through time? Guided by the viewpoint that higher cognitive activity can have a sensory-motor grounding, we explored the possibility that mental time travel is influenced by apparent movement through space.
