I was at the Ig Nobel awards last week and amid all the hoopla and flying paper airplanes (an Ig Nobel tradition) I remember only one psychology award (unless you count the report on fellatio among bats as psych-related), Richard Stephens' (Keele U, UK) research showing that swearing reduces pain - as if there was any doubt! his measure of pain involved Ss trying to keep their hand in ice water .. here is a link to the abstract and a web MD link:
http://journals.lww.com/neuroreport/abstract/2009/08050/swearing_as_a_response_to_pain.4.aspx http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20090713/go-ahead-and-curse-it-may-ease-your-pain I doubt his research will win a real Nobel. The theme this year was 'bacteria', and the awards that I liked the best: a method to collect whale snot with RC helicopters, proof that we slip on ice less when we wear socks over our boots, research supporting the idea of 'random promotions' in business. Lots of fun .... even though only one person has won both an Ig Nobel and a Nobel, real Nobel prize winners award the Ig Nobels .... see picture of Nobel prize winners trying out the bra that doubles as a face mask (a 2009 Ig Nobel winner): http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101001-ignobels-2010-science-health-environment-nation/ ========================== John W. Kulig Professor of Psychology Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Palij" <m...@nyu.edu> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Cc: "Mike Palij" <m...@nyu.edu> Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 2:24:59 PM Subject: [tips] The First Individual To Win The Noble AND The IgNoble Prize Yes, Tipsters with physics envy should be getting really frustrated now that Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov have won the 2010 Noble Prize in Physics; see: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/10/2010-physis-nobel-prize-reaction-round-up/1 However, Andre Geim, as noted at the end of the above article, had previously won the 2000 IgNoble Prize for research that involved levitating frogs -- don't take my word for that, the IgNoble Prize folks seem delighted to shout Geim's praises; see: http://improbable.com/2010/10/05/geim-becomes-first-nobel-ig-nobel-winner/ So, who will be the first psychologically oriented Nobel Prize winner to also win the IgNoble Prize? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: ku...@mail.plymouth.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454&n=T&l=tips&o=5411 or send a blank email to leave-5411-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5415 or send a blank email to leave-5415-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
