SONA systems Spring 2009

2009 June 6

by Christopher H. Ramey, Ph.D.

If you participated in extra credit research during Spring 2009 and wish to confirm that you received credit, please send me an email. I now received a printout for all my courses this term. On behalf of my fellow researchers, thank you for contributing to the science of psychology!

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The outfielder problem: The psychology behind catching fly balls January 7, 2010

It's football season in America: The NFL playoffs are about to start, and tonight, the elected / computer-ranked top college team will be determined. What better time than now to think about ... baseball! Baseball players, unlike most football players, must solve one of the most complicated perceptual puzzles in sports: how to predict the path of a movi […]

Picks and interviews from ResearchBlogging.org January 6, 2010

Here's this week's list of notable posts from Psychology and Neuroscience at ResearchBlogging.org. Is autism really surging? Michelle Dawson wonders whether the recent rise in autism rates can be traced to methodological differences in studies tracking autism rates. We know many men are attracted to younger women, but what does it mean to look youn […]

Is there an easier way to detect lies than what you see on TV? January 4, 2010

The TV show Lie To Me focuses on the exploits of an expert in lie-detection as he solves perplexing crimes in his high-tech Washington laboratory. It's actually fun to watch, especially since it appears to make some effort to get the science right (a real-life expert on lie-detection, Paul Ekman, serves as a science adviser on the show). One of the show […]

Wine and taste: Wine labels also affect our opinions of the food we eat December 31, 2009

[Originally published in November 2007] Both Greta and I are big wine fans. Despite Jonah's recent extremely popular post, I, at least, believe that I can tell the difference between good and bad wines. I'm still convinced that a good wine is more than just an attractive label (though I'm a sucker for labels with Zinfandel puns like "Zen […]

TV's unintended consequences -- good and bad December 24, 2009

Television can have a huge influence on our lives. But the most important influences may be the ones we don't even notice. I discuss several fascinating studies about television in my latest column on Seedmagazine.com. Here's a snippet: Travis Saunders, a PhD student at the University of Ottawa who studies the impact of sedentary lifestyles, questi […]

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Revisiting the Green Monster January 8, 2010

When South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was caught red-handed returning from a tryst with his Argentine mistress last June, he told the Associated Press that he had met his “soul mate.” His choice of words seemed to suggest that having a deep emotional and spiritual connection with Maria Belen Chapur somehow made his sexual infidelity to his wife Jenny San […]