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Music Matters | A blog on music cognition: Standardization cause of poor replicability?

philoscience — 2010-07-05T20:31:25+02:00

Cool article discussing the use of the web for cognitive data collection.

Book asks: Is Internet ruining our minds? | Reuters

philoscience — 2010-06-04T13:12:35+02:00

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When author Nicholas Carr began researching his book on whether the Internet is ruining our minds, he restricted his online access and e-mail and turned off his Twitter and Facebook

PLoS ONE: First Person Experience of Body Transfer in Virtual Reality

philoscience — 2010-05-25T09:59:12+02:00

PLoS ONE: an inclusive, peer-reviewed, open-access resource from the PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE. Reports of well-performed scientific studies from all disciplines freely available to the whole world.

Facebook Use Not Found To Correlate Negatively With College Grades, New Study Shows

philoscience — 2010-05-06T09:00:27+02:00

News last month of a pilot study suggesting that college students' use of Facebook was related to lower college academic achievement probably sent more than a few parents reeling. A new study may allay parental concern. Using three sets of relevant data, researchers failed to find evidence that Facebook use negatively correlates with grades.

Facebook Is 'Social Glue' For University Freshmen

philoscience — 2010-05-06T08:59:54+02:00

The first few weeks at university can be a difficult time for freshmen as they attempt to settle in to their new academic and social life.

Face-to-face Or Facebook? Can Online Networking Sites Help New Students Settle Into University?

philoscience — 2010-05-06T08:59:29+02:00

Can online networking sites help new students settle into university? Researchers are now looking for first-year University of Leicester students who use Facebook to help their pioneering research into this issue.

Technology Review: Blogs: Guest Blog: Why Twitter Is the Future of News

philoscience — 2010-05-02T15:17:56+02:00

From MIT. Information on Emerging Technologies & impact on business & society

Augmented Social Cognition: Short and Tweet: Experiments on Recommending Content from Information Streams (Specifically, Twitter)

philoscience — 2010-04-26T12:10:34+02:00

http://asc-parc.blogspot.com/2010/04/short-and-tweet-experiments-on.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ASC-PARC+%28Augmented+Social+Cognition%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

The joy is in the social hunt: Facebook users more engaged emotionally when conducting specific searches

philoscience — 2010-04-26T11:44:54+02:00

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100423113735.htm

U.S. Students Suffering From Internet Addiction - Study - NYTimes.com

philoscience — 2010-04-25T11:55:28+02:00

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/04/23/technology/tech-us-internet-addicts-life.html?src=busln

A Writing Revolution § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

philoscience — 2010-04-23T17:52:35+02:00

http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/a_writing_revolution/

Teen bloggers show little risky behavior online, study finds

philoscience — 2010-04-07T02:20:33+02:00

An study of 100 teen bloggers from around the United States found that the vast majority use blogs to nurture relationships with their peers and build a sense of community -- rather than to admit misbehavior. This preliminary study suggests that blogging could be used therapeutically to help troubled teens express themselves in positive ways.