Another variable that appears to affect a woman’s judgment of male faces is her stage in the menstrual cycle. Heather Rupp of the University of Indiana’s Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction asked 12 women to evaluate 256 photos of male faces. The male faces were computer Read more…
I had a very nice back-and-forth email conversation with Michelle Norgan, a student reporter for Cal Poly’s Mustang Daily, about the 2007 Weblog Awards. Her article appeared today. Earlier, Michelle wrote an interesting post for the Daily’s own blog entitled “Game On, Ladies.” Michelle was lamenting continuing Hollywood gender stereotypes, Read more…
One of my favorite sites for interactive science content is the BBC. We looked at their supertaster site earlier, and tonight I had a lot of fun with their “fake smile” detector test. This test is based on Paul Ekman’s analysis of facial expression. Your task, should you choose to Read more…
Although my students and I welcome any breaks we can get in the quarter system, tomorrow’s holiday deserves more than just casual notice. Military.com provides us with a very interesting history of the Veteran’s Day holiday. Here’s a short excerpt: “Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set Read more…
As someone who has been married 35 years to her high-school sweetheart, I am not planning on beginning a dating advice blog anytime in the next millenium. At the same time, I’ve noticed a trend in this blog that suggests that some of my most popular posts have something to Read more…