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PSY 101: Nature, Nurture, and Perception6 comments

Christopher H. Ramey, Ph.D. wrote 1 month ago: Hello, class. Your homework this week (due 10/21/09 at noon) is to comment, referencing relevant lec … more →

Tags: Emotion, evolution & evolutionary psychology, Homework

Taking your color temperature10 comments

intro2psych wrote 6 months ago: By Michelle Fisher Boutet's 7-color and 12-color color circles from 1708 courtesy of Wikipedia W … more →

The fundamental thing

intro2psych wrote 6 months ago: by 105 Student 25/365 Days - Violin by athena. When an object is struck, the energy from the strike … more →

Tags: Frequencies, missing fundamental, Perception, pitch

Attentional blindness (please do not read while operating heavy machinery)6 comments

intro2psych wrote 6 months ago: By Will Jobs Far too often a driver’s wandering mind results in an accident due to failure to notice … more →

Tags: brain wiring, attention, change blindness, Perception, Vision

Was she cold, or was it just me?7 comments

Christopher H. Ramey, Ph.D. wrote 1 year ago: The distinction between literal warmth and metaphorical warmth just blurred a little. Ever wonder wh … more →

Tags: In The News, Metaphor, social psychology & interpersonal relationships, research methods, critical thinking, & APA, Student recommended, development

Senses working overtime1 comment

intro2psych wrote 1 year ago: by Eric Chan Contrary to commonsense and prior assumption, the understanding of sound is not entirel … more →

Tags: McGurk-effect, Vision, hearing, audition

Phantom sensation4 comments

intro2psych wrote 2 years ago: by Christina Peltier It’s happened to everyone. You’re in class, at the dinner table, in a meeting w … more →

Tags: Cell Phones, Sensation, phantom limbs

Familiar Smells and Sleep Aid Memory

elliotthammer wrote 2 years ago: We’d have to read the article to get the extent of statistical reliability from the results, b … more →

Tags: Cognitive

Face Recognition from Minimal Pixelation

elliotthammer wrote 2 years ago: The superb blog Cognitive Daily reports on a great study showing our ability to recognize faces from … more →

Tags: Cognitive

The Neuroscience of the Gestalt--More Face Science

elliotthammer wrote 2 years ago: The Times has a nice piece on the science of face recognition. They do a nice job discussing the neu … more →

Tags: Cognitive, Physiological, Evolutionary Psychology

The Science of Beer Goggles

elliotthammer wrote 2 years ago: All the fun research takes place in Scotland! Seems researchers there have explored the neuroscience … more →

Tags: Physiological

Brain Stimulation Creates Creepy Sensation1 comment

elliotthammer wrote 3 years ago: Interesting report on specific brain stimulation producing the sensation of being watched or followe … more →

Tags: Physiological

Autistic Stephen Wiltshire

elliotthammer wrote 3 years ago: This is the website of British autistic Stephen Wiltshire, who’s been called the “Living … more →

Tags: Clinical

Psyc of Religion or Confirmation Bias?1 comment

elliotthammer wrote 3 years ago: Neatorama has a nice roundup of recent religious “sightings.” Through chocolate, wood, a … more →

Tags: Cognitive, Research


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