[tips] I'm Not Game Playing, I'm Doing Research!

The new Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has a few articles that may be of interest to psychologists, including this one on how a multiplayer online game is being used to develop models of the structure of proteins. A mass media account of the article is available here: http:

Re: [tips] Hey OLD Researchers! Good News!

On 7 Nov 2011 at 20:18, Mike Palij wrote: > P.S. Anyone have a list of names of people who won the Novel > prize and that psychology claims as one of their own? Danny Kahneman, > I believe is most recent winner and others include Herb Simon, David > Hubel, Torsten Weisel, Georg von Bekesy, Franc

[tips] Hey OLD Researchers! Good News!

Well, potentially good news for old folks doing research in psychology. Maybe. A new research study published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) shows that over the course of the past century, the age at which "Nobel quality research" has been conducted has been r

Re: [tips] Replication studies

Oh, my, I'm SO happy that Bill Scott thought to thank our own Ken Steele for his input on the Mozart Effect. (Thank you again, Ken!) I think I've mentioned Ken's work in every single class I've taught since he did his research. I introduce it as "a failure to replicate."Then I point out that

Re: [tips] Replication studies

Ken, Because of your good work at attempting to replicate the "Mozart effect", you are by far the most cited TIPS contributor in my classes and in research conferences with my students. You have set a good example. It is interesting that Animal IRB's often set a standard which makes it diffic

[tips] BPS BLOG: Psychology to the rescue

Hi all, Here's an interesting post in the British Psychological Society blog: "Research Digest: Blogging About the Brain and Behaviour." I recognized at least a couple of TIPSters in the list of authors. Best, Jeff === Psychology to the rescue Posted by Christian Jarrett I've asked a

RE:[tips] A Thought for the Day

Annette Someone had that posted on FB yesterday and it made me laugh out loud! Thanks Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Co-Chair and Professor of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu

Re: [tips] FW: A Thought for the Day

Excellent!!! This is going to hang above my desk. Thanks, -Don. - Original Message - From: Annette Taylor Date: Monday, November 7, 2011 10:21 am Subject: [tips] FW: A Thought for the Day To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > I hope this works as an attachment, if not

RE:[tips] A Thought for the Day

Ha! (But it's a lot more work!) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 12:20 PM To: Teaching in t

Re: [tips] FW: A Thought for the Day

It worked and I love it! Carol On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Annette Taylor wrote: > > > > > > > I hope this works as an attachment, if not it will be hard to send. > > > > Annette > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Al

[tips] Opportunity Reminder: Teaching Introduction to Psychology and chance to win gift cards

If you do not teach Introduction to Psychology/General Psychology please disregard this request and I apologize for any cross-listing. About a month ago, I sent out an initial request for this project. I just wanted to remind folks that there is still time to participate. As an instructor of In

[tips] FW: A Thought for the Day

I hope this works as an attachment, if not it will be hard to send. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tip

[tips] Replication studies

People have asked about who does replication studies, how they get support, and what are the rewards. I haven't been able to participate in this thread because I was in Seattle at the Psychonomic Society meeting where I was presenting results showing a failure to replicate an effect that app

Re: Re:[tips] Stapel's faking of social psychology data

- Original Message - From: "Allen Esterson" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 3:29 AM Subject: Re:[tips] Stapel's faking of social psychology data If a phenomenon can't be replicated, it isn't going to have much impact on science

Re:[tips] Stapel's faking of social psychology data

Rick makes some pertinent comments in response to my remarks on the publicising in the press of unreplicated findings in psychology, concluding: >So, instead of looking to the press for the importance of replication >in science, we should look to the number of reference citations >eventually giv