Written by Dr P Fenderson on December 31st, 2008
Studies on infants have shown that human children seem to have an innate connection with numbers. Scientists showing children varying objects noted a larger change in interest when showing children varying numbers of objects rather than varying types of objects.
Brian Butterworth, a cognitive neuroscientist at University College London, has spent much of his career teasing [...]
Written by Dr P Fenderson on October 30th, 2008
The final day to vote for the next leader of the US is right around the corner, and the outcome doesn’t seem to be positive either way. In a country that values small-business and diversity (lol) - we sure seem to love a 2-party system. But, from the mouths of the candidates themselves, whoever comes [...]
Written by Dr P Fenderson on February 19th, 2008
Recent studies by the University of Leeds has shown that people act like flocks of sheep or birds - allowing themselves to be led by a small percentage (5%) of individuals.
Results from a study at the University of Leeds show that it takes a minority of just five per cent to influence a crowd’s direction [...]
Written by Dr P Fenderson on January 31st, 2008
The White House Drug Policy blog just released an article about recent medical research from the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand (MRINZ). The institute has just concluded a study where they found that one joint a day apparently causes more cancer than a pack of cigarettes a day.
The lung cancer study was conducted on [...]