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The over under on someone getting munched on by an alligator at my wedding

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A scientific excuse for why I gained weight working on my dissertation

Category: Health • Humor • Psychology

It seems that if you eat on a full brain you are more likely to make poor eating decisions.

So here's the schtick via Weighty Matters:

Simple experimental design. Take 165 undergraduate students and enroll them in a study you tell them is about memory and where as part of their reward for inclusion, they'll be given a snack. Ask half of them to memorize a 2 digit number and the other half a 7 digit number and once they've memorized their numbers ask them to go into a second room where they are faced with their snack choice - either a piece of chocolate cake or a cup of fruit salad. Track choice and then follow up with an exploration of the students' perceived reasons for making the choice.

The results?

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Chatroulette piano improvisation

Category: Humor • Video • Weird

I've been fascinated by chatroulette since news of it has been floating around the internet for the last month or so. Not fascinated enough to actually go on it... but fascinated anyway. This is by far the coolest thing I've seen coming from it so far.

Twitter on the other hand... what a honking piece of crap - what's the point?!?!?!?

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OMG! 'The' inattentional blindness video is FINALLY available on youtube

Category: Blogging • Books • Psychiatry • Research • Video

In an amazing turn of events the most famous video of all time not on youtube is now on youtube... omg! omg! haha...

Follow the instructions if you actually haven't seen this before (which I would be surprised if you have not).

oh and look... Dan and Chris have a blog!

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What you want for XMas... a brain computer interface!

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Are you ready for the future?! Is text messaging just too fast for you?! Are you ready to type a blazingly fast few words a minute after hours and hours of training?! We have the must buy device for you!

You can get the G-Tex Intendix brain- computer interface for the amazingly great value of $12,250.

Ok I jest... if you're paralyzed this might be a great device - otherwise, a huge huge huge waste of money. You can also check out a pretty cool video over @ Engadget.

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Can you guess what this model is for?

Category: Human Factors • Psychology

Here's a snippet of some of the relevant text from the article describing the model below:

show attribute/state-oriented functions. Type7. [Useful Attribute/State]: 2.3) Change of structure or object directly make a useful "attribute" including "ability". Type8. [Attribute/State]àInteractionà[Useful State]: 2.4) Change of structure or object makes interaction between its "attribute/state" and the other "attribute/state" which makes up a useful "state". show

And now for the actual model:

Any guesses? Head past the break for the big reveal. Trust me - you'll be surprised.

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My dissertation in pictures

Category: Psychology • Vision

Sorta... Can you guess what it's about? and even better my conclusions?

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This is why I'm taking a nap right now

Category: Mental Health • Neuroscience • Psychology

I have lots of work to do, including my preliminary dissertation defense tomorrow, but I'm justifying a nap because of this:

If you see a student dozing in the library or a co-worker catching 40 winks in her cubicle, don't roll your eyes. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour's nap can dramatically boost and restore your brain power. Indeed, the findings suggest that a biphasic sleep schedule not only refreshes the mind, but can make you smarter.

Now if I fail I can blame science!

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Furries & Remi Gaillard - how can it get any better?

Category: Video

And for you whiny pieces of crap who might have uptight prick bosses - this is maybe possibly barely NSFW.

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