Category: psychology
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Jawsome
My research involves horror movies. Preparing to run a study, I’ve been going through horror movies in slow motion, finding specific frames of scary and non-scary imagery to show people. I love my job. Today I went to Blockbuster to try finding the next movie to analyze, Jaws. Unfortunately, they didn’t have it on the…
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Book Review: This is Your Brain on Music, by Daniel J. Levitin
Before I begin, let me just say right off that I enjoyed reading this book a whole lot and I heartily recommend it. The following harsh criticism is partly because I care enough to wish it was just a bit better, and partly because its subject matter falls in my own area of expertise (psychology),…
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2008 in Music (Again)
Since statistics are a big part of what I do for a living1, I can’t get enough of the musical statistical goodness of Last.fm. Here are some more stats on top of my most listened-to albums. Top 10 Artists 1. of Montreal 2. Nine Inch Nails 3. Sugababes (tie) 3. Coheed and Cambria (tie) 5.…
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