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Is reading from the screen more difficult than reading from paper and how can screen reading be made easier?
I've noticed that as a student when reading material, there is a choice between reading from the screen or reading from paper.
When reading from paper I find that I concentrate more and that comprehension is much better. I can partially memorize…
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Learning a language by Immersion
Immersion is the process by which children learn their native language, but it can also be used in educational settings. Apparently in some countries, where the official language is not the language that is actually spoken, immersion is used in…
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Are there any studies that examine the phenomenon of songs stuck in the head?
Frequently I hear people say (and myself included) "darn it, I can't get that song out of my head!".
Are there any studies that examine this phenomenon of songs getting stuck in people's heads?
I.e., what factors are involved in some people to get a…
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Why do teenagers take the internet and cyberbullying so seriously?
Background: I saw this post on the daily Mirror: A girl committed suicide because some users bullied her on ask.fm. I signed up to see what that site is, and it was some Q&A site. So she committed suicide just because someone bullied her, someone…
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Open fMRI data?
Are there any open fMRI datasets available on the internet? Experimental design doesn't matter much, since I would be working towards a new data analysis method. If the distributed data has been preprocessed (in a standard manner), that would be a…
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Which are the multisensory brain areas?
What would be an example of a multisensory brain area, where multiple senses (e.g. smell and taste) are combined to decode the corresponding stimuli from more than one sensory organ?
I was thinking of association areas, but it doesn't really seem…
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What is the name of the cognitive bias where an expert overestimates the knowledge of others?
I'm looking for a name of a cognitive bias that describes the following phenomenon:
A person has been exposed to some area of expertise from a very early age (think 7-10), and for an extended period of time. This can be sports, computers, musical…
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What are the cognitive and neurological bases for apathy?
Apathy, or effectively the feeling of "not caring" or putting it colloquially, "not giving a rats", is something that most of us get sometime or another in varying degrees.
My question is, what are the cognitive and neurological bases for apathy? …
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Does a person's brain still contain a record of daily events?
Does a person's brain have a record of every event that happened during a person's lifetime? Is it possible to recall any of those events and is it possible to recall those events in detail?
For example, I almost drowned when I was a child. I know…
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Name of the bias where someone really needs something after they find out it exists
I'm looking for the name of the cognitive bias that is expressed in the following story.
A fellow coworker was instrumental in getting a 75 gallon fish tank installed in the lobby of the company that we work at a couple of weeks ago. The water needs…
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Are older people more likely to be politically conservative and why?
J.Campbell suggest that the difference between age groups on being politically conservative is small. But F.Glamsers article concludes:
there was a significant positive correlation between age and conservative opinions even when social class,…
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What is the effect of Social Media consumption on self-esteem?
I have been seeing many conflicting studies saying that facebook usage increases or decreases self-esteem.
What is the current consensus regarding the effect of facebook usage on self-esteem?
Has there been a meta-analysis?
I can see that…
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What is the difference between hypnosis and meditation?
It seems that many people say that hypnosis and meditation are very similar. But what are their key differences (both in a soft and hard way)?
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What psychological factors account for code readability?
Readability is often intuitively synthesized. If you see some piece of code, you just know whether it is readable or not. But what are actual psychological, scientific explanations for this?
There are readability metrics for written text, but do…
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What free scientific measures of Big 5 personality are available?
I'm aware of a few freely available scientific measures of Big 5 personality.
IPIP:
Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI)
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What other free scientific Big 5 personality tests are available?
In particular, I'd be interested in any free…
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