Cognitive
Violence in Video Games, More Than Entertainment: Advertising Tool
Violence sells but many fear it may negatively impact those who partake in watching violent movies, television shows, and especially video games. It seems plausible that if violence in fact increases brand awareness when combined with video games that we will see more violent video games capitalizing on in-game advertisement. Is this a bad... »
The Psychology of Learning: Craming and why it doesn’t work!
The mistake that many students make is that they think the path to long-term memory is a short one. In truth, it requires a little bit of effort. Cramming will never work because our brain does not work like an empty closet that can simply be filled by throwing everything we need to... »
The Psychology of Learning: Context Matters–Where You Learn is How You Learn
Where you learn is very important as it is directly related to how well you will remember it when it comes time to take that final. If you learn in one environment and take a test in a completely different environment, you are shooting yourself in the foot. »
Wearing Black Makes You Tougher. GRRRRRR
Swat teams, Oakland Raiders fans, The Wicked Witch of The West, the Russian MIGs in Top Gun, ninjas, and L.L. Cool Jay in Any Given Sunday all have two things in common; they all wear black and they are all pretty intimidating. »
Music ability seems to be passed along biologically
Ukkola and her team found that there was statistically significant correlations within family and how the individuals scored. More creative individuals tended to have more creative siblings. »
I Never Forget a Face
Facial recognition is a skill dependent on a specific part of our brain. The area, known as the fusiform face area is located in the same area that processes our vision and without it we wouldn't be able to identify people. »