Matt Walker made the best out of a bad situation – divorce – by building a telepresence robot to hang out with his kids from halfway across the globe. Source: Aussie dad in US hangs out with his kids using…
Author: lwise
I am a cognitive scientist, psychologist, and online learning specialist with an interest in taekwon-do, web stuff, cycling, indoor soccer and sundry other things. My staff profile at Swinburne is at http://www.lilydale.swinburne.edu.au/staff/profiles/lwise.htm. My lab website is at http://mocapsuite.edublogs.org/. I have bursts of web activity, and then large lapses. And so it's been since Al Gore invented the internet.
Interviews | GoCognitive
I’m listening to some interviews with Michael Posner, but there are so many more to listen to! Source: Interviews | GoCognitive This seems like a really good site for cognitive science teaching materials. The interview section has some interesting interviews with leading…
Mercedes kicks robots off assembly line
With customisation key to wooing modern consumers, the flexibility and dexterity of human workers is reclaiming space on Mercedes’s assembly lines. That bucks a trend that has given machines the upper hand over manpower since legendary US railroad worker John…
School dumps cut-throat VCE ranking
Students at one Victorian school will become the envy of all teenagers, as they wave goodbye to the ATAR from next year. Under a proposed new model, students at Templestowe College will be given the option of applying for any…
John Cacioppo: ‘Loneliness is like an iceberg – it goes deeper than we can see’ | Science | The Guardian
Social neuroscientist John John Cacioppo suggests loneliness is contagious and increases the chance of early death by 20%. The good news? It can be treated Source: John Cacioppo: ‘Loneliness is like an iceberg – it goes deeper than we can…
Five mini book reviews: – Daniel Willingham
http://www.amazon.com/review/R115YBHMM18J48/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0300166311&nodeID=283155&store=books via Five mini book reviews: – Daniel Willingham. Note the somewhat unenthusiastic response to dana boyd, and there is also a link in the comments to this review and comments on this review. I didn’t see that boyd’s work…
Smartphones Don’t Make Us Dumb – NYTimes.com
Smartphones Don’t Make Us Dumb – NYTimes.com. Interesting article that differentiates between the ability to focus attention and the desire to focus attention. Not too far from our own ideas on this.
The First Successful Demonstration Of Brain-To-Brain Communication In Humans
The First Successful Demonstration Of Brain-To-Brain Communication In Humans. Luke, Jason – we should look at this 🙂
Gossip and social grooming
It is probably worth reading some stuff on gossip and primate “social grooming” as a basis for understanding behaviour on social network sites. Gossip in Evolutionary Perspective Research on Gossip: Taxonomy, Methods, and Future Directions Evolution, Alienation and Gossip
Facebook and emotional contagion
Facebook’s experiment on emotional contagion Large scale experiment with questionable ethics!!