Psychology
Another nice award for the blog….
Many thanks to the “Blog of the Day Award” folks for recognizing my blog. We may convert the world’s entire population into neuroscientists yet….Bwa ha ha!
Biological Psychology
Using fMRI as a lie detector….
Conventional lie detection, using such measures as heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, Galvanic skin response, is so unreliable that resulting data are not typically admissible to courts in the United States. A panel of experts evaluating conventional lie detector results declared a third of the innocent to be guilty, while Read more…
Biological Psychology
While we’re on the subject of judging faces….
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…
Football
The Mustang Daily comments on the Weblog Awards….
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…
Biological Psychology
How good are you at catching fake smiles?
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…