MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'general / site news'. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:43:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2527861&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F0Ee6e7Xssw8%2Finterview_with_dave_on_guitar.php Jemsite, a website, forum and blog about guitars, has posted a fairly extensive interview with me about the psychology of music, Cognitive Daily, and other projects I'm working on. Plus, you can find out the name of Jim's Southern rock band, so head on over and check it out! Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2527861 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:57:22 +0100 2527861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458172&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F32Yl1ZZ864Q%2Fencephalon_miscellaneous_site.php We'll be hosting Encephalon here at CogDaily on Monday -- it's a bimonthly festival of the best cognitive / neuroscience blog posts on the web. If you've got a post you'd like to see included, send an email to encephalon -- . -- host -- @ -- gmail -- . -- com (remove dashes). In other site news, this week we're moving to our summer schedule, which means, due to our travel schedule, Casual Fridays are on hiatus until the fall. Also, you might see a few more repeat posts than usual. We'll try to stay on top of things, but in general, you should expect to see posts a little less frequently. Don't worry, things will ramp back up in the fall. Enjoy your summer (or winter, depending on where you live)! Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458172 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:53:16 +0100 2458172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380889&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F6aV6yuBJWdM%2Fintroducing_cognitive_monthly-.php Today we're introducing a new feature on Cognitive Daily. Every month, in addition to our regular blog posts, we're going to create a downloadable mini-book (or maxi-article, take your pick) about an issue related to cognitive psychology. Surprise, surprise, it's called Cognitive Monthly. Although based on posts that have appeared in CogDaily, it goes beyond what's in the blog, synthesizing and incorporating interviews and other insights. The first issue (May 2009) comes out today! This month's report, "The Illusion of Theater," covers the remarkable science behind what theatrical professionals seem, to laypeople, to do intuitively: create an environment that encourages us to believe that what we see on stage is a true representation of reality. We interviewed a director with the Royal S... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380889 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:02:35 +0100 2380889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2210449&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2FpyDztVnYOvg%2Fare_you_homosexual.php I'm having a dispute with a reader in an online forum. Let's settle it here with a quick, private poll: What is your sexual orientation? ( surveys) Trust me, this is related to psychology. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2210449 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:31:39 +0100 2210449 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2210452&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2FlG-D9SFJxQQ%2Fcasual_friday_postponed_til_sa_1.php Sorry, this week's Casual Friday results won't be ready until tomorrow. There's lots of interesting data, and I want to make sure I do it justice. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2210452 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:24:15 +0100 2210452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1975033&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F459673261%2Fcogdailys_best_posts_of_the_ye.php Here are the four posts that I selected to nominate for Open Laboratory 2008, the collection of the best science blog posts of the year: Toddlers play with impossibly small toys as if they're the real thing Will video games solve sex-discrimination in science? How to make your eye feel like it's closed, when it's actually open Changing belief in free will can cause students to cheat Disagree with my choices? You can nominate one yourself, here. But remember that the post has to work in book form (with some adaptation). I had to pass over some great posts because they included videos or other interactive elements. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1975033 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:27:01 +0100 1975033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1968783&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F456642209%2Fplunging_in_to_social_networki.php I've set up accounts on FriendFeed and Twitter with the username davemunger. I'm going to give these sites a try for the next week or so. Unlike with Facebook where we've got a profile but haven't really done much, I'd actually like to actively participate in these networks. I'd appreciate any tips readers have for getting established there, and any other similar sites that it might be useful to be a part of. Ideally these sites would link back in to FriendFeed so I only have to check up on one site. And of course, if you'd like to follow my feed, you're welcome to. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1968783 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:27:43 +0100 1968783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1960650&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F453074328%2Fdave_and_greta_speaking_at_clt.php Greta and I will be participating in a panel on blogging tomorrow in Charlotte, NC. If you're in town, you might want to stop by. More information here. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960650 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:05:07 +0100 1960650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1947139&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F448414136%2Flinks_for_shireen_campbells_cl.php Today I'm visiting Shireen Campbell's class at Davidson College to talk about Cognitive Daily and other writing projects. This post collects the links I'll be using for class. If you're not in the class they might not be relevant to you, but they include some of our most popular posts, so maybe you'll enjoy reading them too! Violent video games may be linked to aggression More on video game violence Is 17 the "most random" number? How to report scientific research to a general audience How we learn to walk Dave's first blog Dave's personal blog For more, new links about psychology and neuroscience, visit this week's Encephalon at HighlightHEALTH. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947139 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:30:36 +0100 1947139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1917952&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F434770088%2Fvote_for_encephalon.php Encephalon is up at Mind Hacks! Go check it out! Greta and I are off to vote today, so you'll have to get your psychology fix over there. Oh, and out of curiousity: Have you voted yet? ( surveys) Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1917952 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:16:44 +0100 1917952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1798132&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34958&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcounsellingresource.com%2Ffeatures%2F2008%2F09%2F17%2Fgeorge-simon-advisory-board%2F All of us at CounsellingResource.com would like to extend a warm welcome to psychologist and character disorder expert Dr George Simon, who joins our International Advisory Board. We look forward to incorporating Dr Simon's perspective and feedback as we continue building and developing the site.Tags: site news » Other Bookmarking... (Source: Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life) Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1798132 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:10:53 +0100 1798132 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1802683&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F394092332%2Fmeet_us_at_the_north_carolina.php Greta and I will be at the North Carolina Zoo this coming Saturday, September 20, to meet with readers and practically all of the North Carolina ScienceBloggers. We've arranged a special tour of the zoo with an expert member of the zoo staff, a party afterwards at a local watering hole, and now, ScienceBlogs will provide tickets to the zoo too! Not only will Greta and I be there, you can also meet Bora Zivkovic, Sheril Kirshenbaum, James Hrynyshyn, Abel PharmBoy, ScienceWoman, Kevin Zelnio, SciCurious, and Russ Williams, along with many of our kids! This party is one of several taking place around the country in honor of ScienceBlogs' millionth comment. So if you're in or near North Carolina, this is a meetup you won't want to miss. And of course, bring your kids along! And if you're not... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1802683 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:40:19 +0100 1802683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1750093&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F381256310%2Fmeet_north_carolina_scienceblo.php On Saturday, September 20, the action in North Carolina will be at the Asheboro zoo. All the North Carolina ScienceBloggers will be there, and you can too -- there will be a guided tour of the zoo led by one of their staffers, a get-together afterwards with tons of zoo staffers and volunteers, and food and beverages at a local watering hole later! This is all in celebration of ScienceBlogs' millionth comment, which, if all goes as expected, will be appearing on one of our blogs sometime in the next two weeks. If you don't live in North Carolina, you can meet Sciblings and fellow-readers at parties in Michigan, Oklahoma, Iowa, Minnesota, San Francisco, Vancouver, London and other places - watch all the blogs for announcements of the details. The biggest party of all will be in New York, ... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1750093 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:47:09 +0100 1750093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668389&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F350616143%2Fill_bet_you_still_dont_underst.php Cognitive Daily gets a lot of complaints about graphs, mostly from readers who say the graphs are useless without error bars. My response is that error bars are confusing to most readers. But perhaps I'm wrong about that. Last year I posted about this issue, and backed it up with a short quiz about error bars, which most of our readers failed. After another 16 months of Cognitive Daily, maybe they've improved. So here's the test again. Take a look at this graph. It represents a fictional experiment where two different groups of 50 people took a memory test. The mean scores of each group are shown, along with error bars showing standard error: Based on this graph, can you tell if there is a significant difference (p (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668389 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:41:26 +0100 1668389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1655431&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F345819811%2Fout_of_town_for_three_weeks_a.php I'm about to head out of town for three weeks. You may have noticed posting getting lighter the last couple weeks as I attempted to tie up loose ends before the trip. Posting will be getting even lighter for the next three weeks as I head west to visit family. Then, a week from now, Nora and I will be heading out into the true wilderness, miles out of range of any cell phone tower, and certainly out of reach of the internet. Here's a description of part of our route: One of Washington's granddaddy trails, Boundary Trail runs across the entirety of America's largest wilderness, the Pasayten. The route follows the Canadian border, hence the name. It is an extremely high route, much of it occurring at 6,000 feet or more. The area is completely wild and one of the few places in the lower 48 ... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1655431 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:23:04 +0100 1655431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1596368&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F330062370%2Feuroupdate_update_is_a_photo_a.php Last year when the family was in Europe I snapped this photo of Jim looking at a triptych of three blank canvases: The accompanying blog post generated heated discussion about whether the work depicted in the photo was "art" (the discussion became so heated that I decided to close the comments on the thread). Now the photo itself has been used (with our permission) in the brochure for a Danish firm that specializes in placing artwork in business environments: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1596368 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:31:02 +0100 1596368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1543160&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F319923639%2Fhelp_help_generate_the_initial.php We're still working hard on getting the next version of ResearchBlogging.org ready to go. I know this is taking a long time, but since we have a (semi) working system right now, we really want to get this right. It shouldn't be too much longer. A few weeks ago we settled on a new list of major topics for the site. Here they are: Anthropology Astronomy Biology Chemistry Clinical Research Computer Science Engineering Geosciences Health Mathematics Neuroscience Philosophy Physics Psychology Social Science Research / Scholarship Other Now we'd like to generate the subtopics associated with each topic. That's where you come in. We need your help to create the best possible list of subtopics, so that no blog is left out. The complete proposed list is posted over at BPR3. We'd appreciate it if yo... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1543160 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:48:56 +0100 1543160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1460942&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F295269466%2Fteachers_indexing_cogdaily.php Cognitive Daily is a reflection of my teaching. In fact, one of the ways I pick articles for Dave to discuss on the blog is to pass along articles I've used in class. It has occurred to us that our Research categories (like Movement and Exercise, or Video Games / Technology) are not the most helpful for teachers seeking new examples, and so I've indexed some of the blog posts using categories that are more familiar to general and cognitive psychology teachers. You'll find it under the new tab Teaching Index, where topics are listed in the order many psychology textbooks follow (biological bases, perception, cognition, development, social and personality). That made more sense to me than alphabetical, because it grouped areas in useful ways (perception and visual attention, for example). ... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1460942 Wed, 21 May 2008 20:21:25 +0100 1460942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1420422&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F284033399%2Fupdate_on_perceptual_restorati.php Last week's post on perceptual restoration in toddlers brought a lot of speculation from commenters. To answer some of the questions, I thought I'd elaborate a bit here on the phenomenon and how I created the demo. First, here's the original recording again, with me saying "dinosaur" three times: In the first case, I edited out the "s" sound, and everyone with normal hearing can hear that. The last "dinosaur" is complete. Did I edit out the "s" in the middle dinosaur? Most adults believe they hear the "s" sound in cases like this, even if the sound has been edited out: the perceptual system adds in a sound where it doesn't exist. Indeed, more than half of the respondents to our poll said they had heard an "s" sound, even though in fact the sound was edited out in the second "dinosau... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1420422 Mon, 05 May 2008 16:54:20 +0100 1420422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1376694&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F271577293%2Fencephalon_at_gnif_brain_blogg.php The 43rd Encephalon is available over at GNIF Brain Blogger. It's a fantastic collection of the best psychology and neuroscience blogging from the past two weeks. The next Encephalon will be hosted right here at Cognitive Daily on April 28. To submit your posts about psychology and neuroscience, email encephalon {dot} host [at] gmail {dot} com. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1376694 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:37:00 +0100 1376694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1366656&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F268539343%2Fus_tax_system_disrupts_casual.php Sorry, no Casual Friday this week -- I'm frantically finishing up our tax returns. We actually did a Casual Friday about tax procrastination a couple years back though, so if you need a Casual Friday fix, check that one out: Casual Fridays: Dave FINALLY finishes analyzing the procrastination data. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1366656 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:19:07 +0100 1366656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1346136&cid=t_108245_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F262891654%2F (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1346136 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:45:31 +0100 1346136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1199833&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F229077312%2Fteachers_do_you_use_cogdaily_i.php We've heard from a few teachers who use Cognitive Daily in class, and we know several class web sites link to CogDaily. So we were wondering: if you're a teacher, instructor, or professor, how do you use Cognitive Daily in your class? As a suggested supplemental reading? A required assignment? Or maybe you've consciously chosen not to use CogDaily in class. We'd also appreciate it if you'd let us know why you don't use it. Maybe there's something else we could do to make it more usable for your class. We're open to suggestions. Even if you feel like you're just repeating someone else's comments, please let us know -- we'd like to get a relative sense of the numbers of people falling into each category. Thanks! Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1199833 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:14:54 +0100 1199833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1188578&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F226057568%2Fbirthday_present_for_me.php Today is my birthday, so instead of offering a post for you, I thought I'd ask for a small gift. I'd like to revamp my personal web browsing system so that it's more efficient. I already keep up with psychology blogs via RSS, but I'd like to start browsing other things -- news, entertainment, and so on -- the same way. So here's what I want for my birthday: I'd like you to suggest what should go in my RSS reader. I'd like my whole list to be browsable in 30 minutes or so, so I need a *limited* list of suggestions for good RSS feeds to subscribe to. The whole list should have perhaps 100-200 items in a day, so if a blog posts 10 times a day, it better be good -- that's 1/10 of my list! Ideally some of the items in the list should be link-rich, so if I'm bored in the afternoon and I'm look... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1188578 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:00:03 +0100 1188578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1182788&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F224517402%2Fomnispectacle_retrobrain.php The number of psychology / neuroscience blogs on scienceblogs.com will soon decrease by one. However, the number of bloggers will stay the same. How is that possible? The hilarious Omni Brain and thought-provoking Restrospectacle are each closing down shop. But they're re-emerging as a new blog that combines the efforts of Steve and Shelley. They haven't yet come up with a name for their project, so head on over to their blogs and offer suggestions. If they choose a name picked by a commenter, they're offering a generous prize. I'm closing comments here so all their suggestions are in the same place. One other bit of ScienceBlogs news: Kevin Zelnio of The Other 95% has joined the staff at Deep Sea News. This was the announcement I mentioned on Friday -- I met Kevin at the Science Bloggin... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1182788 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:33:45 +0100 1182788 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1177674&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F222293392%2Fnew_sciencebloggers.php Three great new bloggers have joined the ScienceBlogs team: Kate Seip has joined Jake at Pure Pedantry. You may remember her excellent blog Anterior Commissure. Sometime CogDaily commenter DrugMonkey is also now in the house, with coblogger PhysioProf. Let's welcome these fabulous new additions to ScienceBlogs! I also met up with one more great blogger who'll soon be joining ScienceBlogs at the Science Blogging Conference last weekend, but that news will have to wait for the official announcement. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1177674 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:46:39 +0100 1177674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1173133&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F221782362%2Fresearchbloggingorg_successes.php Less than a week after its official launch, ResearchBlogging.org now has 78 active, registered users. We're already bigger than ScienceBlogs.com! Of course, many of our users are ScienceBloggers -- these projects can definitely work together. We can also get much bigger. Over 200 bloggers have used our icon, and we need to get them signed up for the new aggregation site. There's the potential to enroll literally hundreds more bloggers from all parts of the research community -- not just scientists. All in all the launch has gone amazingly smoothly. As far as I know, the site never went down, and I haven't heard from any user whose post wasn't aggregated successfully (if that happens to you, please do let me know, or post your issue in the forums). We've also received compliments from doz... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1173133 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:13:33 +0100 1173133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1166368&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F220383699%2Fintroducing_researchbloggingor.php I'm pleased to announce a new site that allows bloggers to not only show when they're blogging about peer-reviewed research, but also to share that work with readers and bloggers around the world. ResearchBlogging.org doesn't just enable you to mark posts with our icon, it also collects those posts in one central location. Readers can then visit just one site to find all the posts on a topic, or browse through all of the blogosphere's most thoughtful posts on peer-reviewed research. Here's how it works: Bloggers -- often experts in their field -- find exciting new peer-reviewed research they'd like to share. They write thoughtful posts about the research for their blogs. Bloggers register with us and use a simple one-line form to create a snippet of code to place in their posts. This sni... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1166368 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:38:27 +0100 1166368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142393&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F214376182%2Fcorrection.php A reader pointed out to me that Schultze's 1978 study did not find a bias to hear a fast tempo as speeding up and slow tempo as slowing down. In fact, Schultze found that we were remarkably accurate at detecting tempo changes. So we do replicate Schultze! A misreading on my part of Quinn and Watt led to the confusion. However, Quinn and Watt do cite a 1997 article which claims to find the bias I describe in the post from yesterday and the day before. I haven't been able to get my hands on the article, but here's the reference: Vos, P. G., van Assen, M., & Fraiiek, M. (1997) Perceived tempo change is dependent on base tempo and direction of change: Evidence for a generalized version of Schulze's (1978) internal beat model. Psychological Research, 59, 240-247. Read the comments on this po... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142393 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:22:02 +0100 1142393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1116125&cid=t_108245_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F206101384%2F Merry Christmas everyone! Hopefully no one is reading this on the day itself. Just thought I would write a quick message to try and sum up the last year and some news on upcoming changes. (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1116125 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:00:05 +0100 1116125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1087577&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F198763102%2Fgerman_version_of_scienceblogs.php Scienceblogs has launched the beta version of its German-language site. You can check it out at Scienceblogs.de. The site looks great -- I've never regretted not learning German more! It also offers a feature I'd like to see here on the English version: A thumbnail view of the ScienceBlogs Select feed (in English). The logical next question: What language should ScienceBlogs tackle next? You can share your preference with the ScienceBlogs overlords here. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1087577 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:53:50 +0100 1087577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1071009&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F195497556%2Fdevelopmental_psychology_blogs.php A reader asks: I've been reading Cog Daily for about 4 months now and have always found that I am particularly fascinated with entries dealing with developmental psychology, such as the latest one regarding the logarithmic-like representation of numbers in young children. I was curious as to whether you knew of any [credible] blogs or highly active websites that are dedicated to the field of Dev Psych (don't worry, I will still read Cog Daily!). I'm currently finishing up my BA in Psychology at UC Santa Barbara and plan to go the route of developmental clinical psychology, come grad-school. I figure since it interests me as much as it does, it'd be good idea to get a leg up by spending my online time a bit more productively! There are a few blogs in our blogroll which intermittently cove... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1071009 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:25:13 +0100 1071009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1067729&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F194473805%2Fcarnivals_on_the_brain_and_ped.php Pediatrics Grand Rounds is up at Hope for Pandora, complete with its first-ever Cognitive Daily selection. Encephalon is up at A Blog Around the Clock, featuring all manner of brainy goodness, including a CogDaily post as well. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1067729 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:02:09 +0100 1067729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1048401&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F189846734%2Fcognitive_daily_now_full_text.php That's right, you can now get the full text of every Cognitive Daily post via RSS. There's just one catch: You must buy a $399 Amazon Kindle and pay 99 cents (per month, I assume) to subscribe to Cognitive Daily. I don't know if this subscription will allow you to view images, and I'm pretty certain video, polls, and other interactive features won't be available, but for some people this might be a very attractive way to get Cognitive Daily. You can also get the amazing ScienceBlogs Select feed, which includes the best CogDaily posts as well as the best from dozens of other ScienceBlogs for $1.99. There have been dozens of reviews of the Kindle across the blogosphere. Most of these reviews share two traits: they are negative, and the reviewer has never used the device. I'm skeptical abou... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1048401 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:44:33 +0100 1048401 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1030117&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F185431556%2Fvote_for_your_favorite_cogdail.php Earlier this week we asked readers which CogDaily posts we should submit to the Open Laboratory anthology. We didn't get many suggestions, and commenter Keely had a guess as to why: Perhaps what would be more helpful is to post links to the articles YOU were thinking about, and we could sort of vote on which of those we liked best. Your question as it stands now is a little broad. This is perhaps why you've had relatively few responses. Okay, we'll do it. Here are our top posts from the past year (we couldn't use Keely's nomination since that was originally posted in 2006). You can vote for your favorite below. Does the color red really impair performance on tests? and Why does seeing red make test-takers choke? (combined entry of two posts) What's the best way to praise a child? Be spe... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1030117 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:12:24 +0100 1030117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1030118&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F185253258%2Fsneak_peek_at_the_bpr3_aggrega.php Have you been following the progress over at BPR3? Here's an update: With the release of the Research Blogging icon, dozens of blogs and hundreds of posts are already showing the world when they are discussing peer-reviewed research. But the next step will be far more dramatic: a site which consolidates all those posts in one place. For now, you can do a Technorati search to find out who's using the icon. I love Technorati, but its results aren't always consistent, and it can take several clicks to locate the specific post you're interested in. BPR3's new system will display the opening of each blog post as well as a complete citation of the peer-reviewed articles discussed in the post. In fact, we're running a test version of the system right now, and beginning to open it to bloggers fo... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1030118 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:44:34 +0100 1030118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1021262&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F183791096%2Fwhat_were_the_best_cogdaily_po.php Bora Zivkovic is finishing up his nominations for Open Laboratory 2007, a collection of the best Science Blogging in 2007. I'd like to nominate a couple Cognitive Daily posts (this post made it into the 2006 collection), but I thought it might be good to get our readers' input on the posts they liked the most. Since these posts are supposed to go into a book, posts with interactive demos, polls, and so on, aren't necessarily ideal (though we could write up the poll results for the purposes of a book chapter). So, what CogDaily post was your favorite this year? Let us know in the comments. Or, you could go straight to the source and nominate a post yourself! Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1021262 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:00:26 +0100 1021262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1007237&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F180545420%2Fdonorschoose_wrapup.php Well, we didn't quite reach our goal of raising $6,000 for Donors Choose. However, we were able to raise over $2,000 for students in underfunded schools. Greta and I matched ten percent of the donations, contributing $203 in addition to the funds you donated. Five of the projects we chose are now fully funded: Roller Coaster Physics, Leaping Into Math and Science, What do you see?--A Spatial Visualization Study, Where Did the Playground Go?, Psych for Seniors Part I, and Math Manipulatives To Teach Students Concepts With. There are still a couple projects that are partially funded -- and just because the official challenge is over doesn't mean you can't still donate to them. They are: Psych for Seniors Part II, Psych for Seniors Part III, Calculate the Joy of Helping At Risk Students Part... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1007237 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:13:51 +0100 1007237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=989658&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F177138308%2Flast_chance_to_help_with_donor.php There are just two days left in our Donors Choose Challenge to raise money for kids to learn science. Have you been putting off your donation? You still have an opportunity to make a difference. The Psych for Seniors proposal appears to be the most popular among our readers, and with just another $451, the first part of that proposal will be fully funded. We can help students in school with a 40 percent poverty rate get the textbooks they need to offer an AP psychology class and get a leg up on their college education. Remember that Greta and I will personally match ten percent of your donations up to the $6,000 CogDaily goal for this challenge, so every dollar you donate has additional power to make a difference. The combined ScienceBlogs have earned over $46,000 in the challenge, but ... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=989658 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:30:35 +0100 989658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=987119&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F176657863%2Fthe_icons_are_here_a_new_way_to_share_blogging_on_peer-reviewed_research.php We're pleased to announce that BPR3's Blogging on Peer Reviewed Research icons are now ready to go! Anyone can use these icons to show when they're making a serious post about peer-reviewed research, rather than just linking to a news article or press release. Within a month, these blog posts will also be aggregated at BPR3.org, so everyone can go to one place to locate the most serious, thoughtful analysis and commentary on the web. If you're a blogger, we encourage you to start using the icons now. If you're a blog reader, look for these icons to find the posts that bloggers have thought the most about, and worked the hardest to create. Here they are, in six different versions: Visit this page to learn how to use the icons. Visit this page to see who's already using them! Thousa... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=987119 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:56:23 +0100 987119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=968263&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F173303217%2Flets_get_a_couple_of_these_pro.php As promised, Greta and I have given our first matching gift to the Donors Choose challenge. We donated $103 as our 10 percent match for the $1,039 that had already been donated. We decided to donate to the two most popular proposals: Psych for Seniors and Calculate the Joy of Helping At Risk Students Part 1. Now for the bad news: Our challenge has collected just $1,142 of our $6,000 goal. Based on our readership statistics, that makes CogDaily readers the least generous of all the ScienceBlogs participating in the challenge. We're the second most popular blog in the challenge, but we're in tenth place on the leaderboard. And don't give me the "psychologists don't make as much money" excuse -- we're in danger of being passed by Omni Brain. Do you really want to get beaten by a psych joke ... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=968263 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:14:00 +0100 968263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=945330&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F168899009%2Fblogger_challenge_donate_and_w.php Seed has upped the ante in the Donors Choose Blogger's challenge. Now if you donate to any of the challenges, you can have the chance to win any of an astonishing array of prizes! They're not only matching your gift up to a total of $15,000, they're also personally rewarding you for contributing. Here are some of the prizes you can win: 1 fresh, new iPod nano 21 "Seed Hearts Threadless" tee shirts (design here) 21 ScienceBlogs mugs 21 subscriptions to Seed magazine 9 copies of "The Best American Science Writing 2007" So what are you waiting for? While last week's two graphs post did cause a bump in donations, we've still got a long way to go before we reach our goal. Here's an update on our status: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=945330 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:41:47 +0100 945330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=931102&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F165852886%2Fcasual_friday_postponed_til_sa.php I'm not quite finished analyzing the data from last week's Casual Friday's study and I've got some personal business to attend to this afternoon, so I'm going to have to postpone my writeup of the results until tomorrow. Sorry! One item of interest from today's results: Some commenters this morning wanted to know what percentage of our readers are Americans. Here's the breakdown based on this study (however I think it's quite possible that non-Americans weren't as interested in this study as usual): So 78 percent of our readers are U.S. Citizens living in the U.S., and just 12 percent are non-citizen, non-U.S. residents. However, for our geography quiz Casual Friday, about 30 percent of readers said they weren't from the US. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=931102 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:55:12 +0100 931102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=928771&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F165678139%2Ftwo_graphs.php I'm not going to lecture you; I'm just going to show you two graphs: I think you know what to do. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=928771 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:51:42 +0100 928771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=921684&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F164337544%2Ffinal_editing_on_the_bpr3_icon.php Uriel Klieger has begun work revising the BPR3 icon. He's got a couple different versions up at BPR3.org: This is the large version of the icon that will replace our icon for posts in the Research category -- those that discuss peer-reviewed research. But now all bloggers will be able to use the icon whenever they are blogging about peer-reviewed research rather than just linking to a press release or media commentary. The icon on the top left is how he submitted it to win the contest; the two on the top center and top right are proposed revisions. Please feel free to make your own comments (remember, there will be two other sizes); you may want to check out the announcement thread first for the list of suggested revisions. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=921684 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:14:03 +0100 921684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=917944&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F163698896%2Flets_give_kids_what_they_need.php If you're a parent, you're probably familiar with the notes (or emails) home from school asking for help leading a field trip, or classroom supplies, or donations to the PTA. But if you're reading this blog, it's likely your kids are in a school that's already getting plenty of help from parents. What about those other schools -- the ones where 70 percent or more qualify for free lunches, where classes don't get taught because teachers don't have textbooks, where parents are so poor they can't afford to donate, and so busy working to make ends meet they don't have time to help out? We think those kids need help too -- probably more than our own kids. That's why we're participating in the ScienceBlogs Donors Choose Challenge for the second year in a row. Last year, we raised over $3,000. T... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=917944 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:00:17 +0100 917944 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=892792&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F159919020%2Flast_chance_to_vote_in_the_bpr.php Just a quick reminder: The voting on the BPR3 icon contest closes on Monday, September 24. If you haven't voted yet, head on over to BPR3 or this CogDaily post and make sure your voice is heard. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=892792 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:51:14 +0100 892792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=875998&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F157587805%2Fvote_for_your_favorite_bpr3_ic.php Over at BPR3, we've picked the top three icons from the BPR3 icon contest. Here are the top three entries in the contest to design a universal icon that everyone can use on their blog posts whenever the post is a serious commentary about a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal: Kevin Z: Uriel Klieger: Jeff Hunt: Vote for your favorite, but also please make suggestions for improvements in the comments section -- the winning entry will have the opportunity to be revised before we declare it "final." Feel free to copy this poll and put it on your own blog so we can get the largest possible number of votes (I'll include the code you need below). Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=875998 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:56:35 +0100 875998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=819507&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F147700234%2Fbuild_a_better_peerreview_icon.php Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting has announced a contest to design an icon to identify serious blog posts discussing peer-reviewed research. Anyone will be able to use the icon on their blog posts whenever the post is a serious commentary about a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal, and not just a link to a press release or media commentary. Then BPR3.org will track these posts in a centralized listing of the most authoritative writing in the blogosphere. Although the organization has only existed for 10 days, there's already a great discussion going on there, on everything from what the icon represents to how to aggregate posts to the nature of peer review. Even if you're not planning on participating in the contest, make sure to visit the site to help guide discuss... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=819507 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:48:17 +0100 819507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=801369&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F144541217%2Fbpr3org_goes_live.php If you haven't checked out the BPR3 initative (Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting), now's your chance to see everything that's going on with BPR3 in one place: The new web site has just gone live. Set your bookmarks to bpr3.org for the latest news on our efforts to identify promote blogging about peer-reviewed research. I'll probably still occasionally post here and link back to BPR3, but from here on out, that's the site to visit for the latest news on the project. There's still a little dust in the corners as we build the site, and everything is pretty much plain-vanilla for now, but this will be the headquarters for what we hope will eventually become a portal for serious academic blogging from across the disciplines. A little background information, from the site's About ... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=801369 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:01:47 +0100 801369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=797034&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F143717553%2Fblogging_on_peerreviewed_resea.php Last week's post on a Peer-Reviewed Research icon has generated a tremendous amount of interest, including many very thoughtful comments and an incisive post over on Cabi Blogs. I'll get to Philip's comments in a moment, because they are at the core of what "peer reviewed" means, but first let me update you on the status of the project. First off, Kevin Z of the fabulous The Other 95% blog offered the best suggestion for a name for this initiative: PR^3 (Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting). Unfortunately, PR3.org was taken, but fortunately, BPR3.org was not. I decided to risk $9 and registered the domain this morning. For now, our little initiative will be known as BPR^3, Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting. Soon I'd like to move this entire discussion to that web site, but right ... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=797034 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:41:56 +0100 797034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=788163&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F142004851%2Fa_better_way_for_bloggers_to_i.php Most CogDaily readers are familiar with the little icon we developed to indicate when we were reporting on peer reviewed research. We created it when we began to offer links to news and blog posts, as a way of distinguishing those less "serious" posts from when we were talking about peer-reviewed journal articles. But Sister Edith Bogue of Monastic Musings recently pointed out that other academic bloggers could also make use of the icon, to distinguish when they're blogging about news, family, books, etc., from serious scholarship. But our icon isn't ideal for this purpose since its design is specifically linked to our site. I also think a public icon should come with some guidelines for use. So Sister Edith and I, along with ScienceBloggers John Wilkins and Mike Dunford, have decided to... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=788163 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:12:13 +0100 788163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=749419&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F136107052%2Feuroupdate_8_leaving_europe.php I'm sitting in an Athens hotel with a cup of coffee pondering my last few hours in Europe. We've had a fabulous vacation, the longest I've ever taken in my life. At the same time, I'm looking forward to getting home. I've tried to keep you abreast of the psychology-related events that occurred while we were in Europe, but internet access has been too sketchy, and we've been too busy having fun to post everything. Here are a few random snapshots I never managed to post: A cool "rainbow cloud" from Tuscany, which I had intended to post as a demonstration of why the spectrum doesn't include all the colors we can perceive: (more below) Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=749419 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:51:14 +0100 749419 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=658784&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F122181619%2Fgreetings_from_the_summer_inte_1.php Hello Cognitive Daily readers! As you may have already read, I have been hired by Dave and Greta as the Cognitive Daily summer intern while they're away on vacation for the next couple of months, so I thought I'd give a brief introduction. My name is Aaron Couch and I am a junior student at Davidson College in North Carolina, majoring in both Psychology and Economics. I have been a long time reader of the blog (off and on for the last three years), was part of Greta's "Psychology Goes to the Movies" seminar this past semester, and she's also my major advisor. I am staying in the town of Davidson this summer working with the College's technology department while I blog-sit. My role with Cognitive Daily is to do general site maintenance and make sure posts that we have prepared will go up ... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=658784 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:42:55 +0100 658784 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=650807&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F121463778%2Fau_revoir_arrivederci_zbohem_a.php This post is scheduled to appear the moment our plane takes off for a very extended vacation to Europe. We'll be gone for seven weeks, but we won't be abandoning Cognitive Daily. We've scheduled two extended research posts to appear each week, each written by one of Greta's top student writers and carefully edited for accuracy and readability by both me and Greta. Aaron Couch, the Cognitive Daily intern, will be here to help manage the comment discussion threads, post news items, and make sure there aren't any technical glitches. I'll also be hauling my computer along for the journey, so Greta and I will pop in here with occasional psychology-related travel posts. For example, we're definitely visiting the Freud museum in Vienna, and we'll certainly include photos of that experience! If... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=650807 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:40:25 +0100 650807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=650808&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F121058551%2Fgot_a_study_want_to_be_in_a_st.php More and more studies are online these days, which means that researchers can find a whole new array of participants for their studies, and anyone who's interested can become a real part of cutting-edge research. But how can researchers find interested research subjects -- and how can people who want to participate find the studies that are interesting to them? We think we might be able to help. If you're conducting an online psychology study, or really any study that can be conducted remotely, just put all the vital details in a comment below. Your study will appear in the "recent comments" sidebar list on the front page of CogDaily. If you want to be a research participant, just look up this post every couple of weeks for updates. There's now a permanent link to this post in the sideb... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=650808 Thu, 31 May 2007 12:45:50 +0100 650808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629024&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F118420775%2Fthe_end_of_the_rss_experiment.php Last week we reported on our site statistics after going to a full RSS feed. The results were disappointing; our numbers went down. We said we'd continue the experiment for another week to see if the trend was reversed once more people heard about the option of viewing all CogDaily content in RSS feeds. Now, after another week of full RSS feeds, we have more results to report. These results confirm what we found last week: while RSS subscriptions are up, page views are down: The dotted line represents the date we switched to full RSS feeds, and as you can see, the trend continues. Last week was a bit of a light posting week due to a computer glitch losing one of our Research posts, but even accounting for that the numbers are still lower. Here's the graph of several different stats u... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629024 Mon, 21 May 2007 14:49:26 +0100 629024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=611859&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F116589051%2Four_rss_experiment.php For the past week, we've been conducting a little experiment with Cognitive Daily. In the past, we've had several readers complain that we don't include the full post in the RSS feed for CogDaily, so last week we published every post in its entirety on RSS (if you don't know what RSS is, I explain it below). Today I'm going to share the results of that experiment. There are two primary philosophies about RSS feeds. The first one says that the point of RSS is just to alert users to new content. Users don't want to read content using their RSS reader; they'll visit the original web site to do that. They just use RSS to get updated on what's new. The second philosophy says that site owners shouldn't limit how users access their content. If users prefer to use RSS readers, then site owners s... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=611859 Mon, 14 May 2007 15:14:29 +0100 611859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=590953&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F114134680%2Fcogdaily_on_facebook.php Cognitive Daily now has a facebook profile. I've never done facebook and I don't know how active this will be, but perhaps some of our readers are facebook users and this will be a way for you to connect with each other. There's also a ScienceBlogs fan club on facebook, so that's another way to get to know some of the people you may only currently recognize in comments threads here. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=590953 Fri, 04 May 2007 14:05:50 +0100 590953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=579209&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F113108766%2Fwho_reads_rss_feeds_offline.php The post on showing only part of the RSS feeds has attracted quite a lot of attention, including some rather strident comments, such as this one from "Aurora": How lazy are some people? What kind of society do we live in where people are too f**ing annoyed to click a mouse button to read an entire article? But Christopher Davis offered a compelling response: Perhaps you can tell me how to "click through" when I'm reading RSS feeds on my PDA on the subway. Not all applications have always-on connectivity. Excellent point. But I wonder how many people really do read RSS feeds offline. Sounds like it's time for another poll: Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=579209 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:59:07 +0100 579209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=564450&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F111350386%2Fis_showing_only_part_of_the_po.php One of the most hated practices on the Internet is the breaking of articles into pages. Jason Kottke swearingly rants against it here, and Mike Davidson denounces the practice here. I don't much like the practice either, especially when a short, pointless article is broken into four or more pages (Davidson mockingly points to this extreme example). Davidson argues that only extremely long articles -- more than 20 screens long -- should be broken up into pages, and these pages should correspond to logical divisions within the article, which he calls "acts" (I'd call them "chapters" or "sections," but you get the idea). Some of Davidson's commenters, however, say that he is guilty of a similar practice: offering just the first paragraph or two of a blog post on the blog's main page and RS... Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=564450 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:13:55 +0100 564450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=516337&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F106032943%2Fnew_contact_info_for_dave.php Just a quick announcement: I've changed my email address, so if you need to get in touch with me, please update your address books. The new address is dsmunger--at--gmail--dot--com. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=516337 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:56:10 +0100 516337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=509199&cid=t_108245_109_f&fid=34741&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fcognitivedaily%2F%7E3%2F105185824%2Fill_bet_you_dont_understand_er.php Cognitive Daily gets a lot of complaints about graphs, mostly from readers who say the graphs are useless without error bars. My response is that error bars are confusing to most readers. But perhaps I'm wrong about that. Now I'm going to put my money where my mouth is. Take a look at this graph. It represents a fictional experiment where two different groups of 50 people took a memory test. The mean scores of each group are shown, along with error bars showing standard error: Based on this graph, can you tell if there is a significant difference (p (Source: Cognitive Daily) Cognitive Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=509199 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:22:08 +0100 509199