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Plaxico Was Right!
"NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 05: New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning waves to fans during the New York Giants Superbowl XLII victory parade February 5, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)"
Image from http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/. Thanks to Kelcy for the link.
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Torture Psychology And The American Psychological Association (apa)
New developments in torture psychology and the APA, as reported by James Risen in the New York Times: Critic of Psychologists’ Role in Interrogation Is Asked to Reconsider By James Risen The New York Times 15 April 2016 Article [Photo by Anthony...
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Fun With Brains & Consciousness
I've seen a couple of fun cogsci / brain / consciousness items lately & thought I'd share them: From Sunday's New York Times article about comedian Steven Wright comes this new joke: “I need one of those baby monitors from my subconscious...
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Football & Math
It's unusual, but not impossible, that two of my favorite things come together. And technically, math isn't one of my favorite things, but football is, and when one of "my" players wants to be a high school math teacher when he's done playing...
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Synethesia, The Stroop Effect, And ... Football?
According to last Wednesday's New York Times, NFL players might be able to choose jersey numbers beyond the numbering system devised in the 1970s. This requires, for example, that linebackers can have numbers in the 50s, and quarterbacks may select...
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Very Tangential To Cs, But Interesting Nonetheless
The New York Times covers football -- but this year, they have three (3!) *women* covering the NFL. At least preseason. Haven't seen many men over there writing about football. See: Judy Battista, Karen Crause, and Lynn Zinser. Great to see that women...
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