Here are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! Innovation: the Wi-Fi data base that shamed Google “The revelation has, not for the first time, prompted a wave of accusations that Google doesn’t care about privacy anywhere near enough.” Southpaws: the evolution of handedness “All the more perplexing, then, that creatures across the animal kingdom – including mammals, birds, fish and invertebrates – prefer to use one paw, eye or even antenna for certain tasks, even though they may then be let down in crucial situations by their weaker side.”

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fun reading for today May 3rd, 2010

Here are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! Baby’s little smiles: building a relationship with Mom. “Research suggests that the mother’s ability to understand the needs of her infant is very important for establishing a secure mother-infant relationship. However, the neural mechanisms that underlie these behaviors are poorly understood.

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readings for May 1st, 2010

Our family loves technology. We even had a Jaguar gaming system, and not too many people even know what that is. So of course we needed iPads…Kristin and Karen received theirs today, too, and we’re getting some good advice from them on apps.

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The Family that iPads Together….

Here are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! Watching a living brain in the act of seeing “Looking ahead, they say their method opens a new avenue for exploration of how learning functions at the level of the individual neuron.” How nerve cells distinguish odors “Odors attach to receptors of olfactory cells in nasal mucosa, where they trigger nerve signals.” Hormone spray increases male sensitivity …”significantly higher emotional empathy levels were recorded for the oxytocin group than for the placebo group…”

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a few stories for April 29th, 2010

As baby boomers begin the next state of their lives, we take a look back at some of the most defining images from their history. Can you recognize these iconic photographs? “I Have a Dream” speech : Influential civil rights and social leader Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C

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25 Defining Images in Baby Boomer History

Here are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! How Chimps Deal with Death :  Studies offer rare glimpses “…the boundaries between us and other species are nowhere near to being as clearly defined as many people used to think,” said James Anderson of the University of Stirling The Joy is the Social Hunt : How Facebook users more engaged emotionally when conducting specific searches “We found a more positive response from participants during social searching, or when they had homed in on a particular target,” Wise said.

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current stories in psychology for April 28th,2010

For many students, college will be the first time they have ever lived with a roommate. With dorm rooms being pretty confined spaces with little room for privacy or personal space, sometimes this can be a difficult adjustment for students unused to having to share space. Some students will become great friends with their roommates and others will merely learn to tolerate each other until the semester is over

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Learning to Live With Roommates

As a rule, presidents tend to be extraordinary people, but there are just some facts about the presidents that are hard to believe. From skinny dipping to record numbers of offspring there’s a lot to learn about our past and present Commanders in Chief.

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43 Unbelievable Facts About Our Presidents

Here are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! Brian Wansink launches MindlessMethod.com So instead of counting your calories, the Mindless Method helps you avoid your personal “mindless” traps and designs a healthy eating program that is tailored to your particular challenges.

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current stories for April 27th, 2010

It’s easy for life to become a blur when you’re trying to balance studying for tests, finishing final projects, readings, work and time for yourself at the middle and the end of the semester. With so much to do, there hardly seems to be time to sleep, let alone for relaxation.

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Don’t Let Stress Take Over At Test Time

You may have come to college with the primary intention of continuing your education but what you may not have realized is that opportunities to learn can continue outside of your courses as well when you choose to get involved with on-campus activities. While it’s possible to get involved with community, sports and humanitarian groups at any time in your life, college is a place where its easier than it will ever be again to find those that share your ideals and interests and who have the time and energy to follow through with them

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College Campuses Are a Great Place to Get Involved

While most books are valued for their insightful content, educational value , storylines and characters, there are some that can also be admired for sheer attractiveness, whether it’s found in design, photographs or drawings. Here are 50 books that will not only keep you entertained, but are also simply a joy to see sitting on your coffee table each day. Fashion and Interior Design Show off your sense of style with these selections.

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50 Most Beautiful and Brilliant Books for Your Coffee Table

As a confirmed mindless eater (who knows better than to go to buffets, salad bars, and all-you-can-eat restaurants), I applaud Brian Wansink’s new initiative…the Mindless Method . As one of their banners proclaims, “the best diet is the diet you don’t know you’re on.” In other words, to keep your weight down, it’s important to make the lifestyle changes that let you do that instead of always feeling deprived and “on a diet.” The Mindless Method Guides You to Better Eating Habits So instead of counting your calories, the Mindless Method helps you avoid your personal “mindless” traps and designs a healthy eating program that is tailored to your particular challenges. It’s not free–plans run between $12 and $20 per month for full site access, but sometimes paying for something helps people stick to it better.

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Brian Wansink Launches MindlessMethod.com

Our family is anxiously awaiting the arrival of wireless 3G iPads at the end of April. I haven’t really had a chance to explore the possibilities of the technology yet, but one of the apps that is definitely on my list is the 3-D brain app from Genes to Cognition . If you already have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can download the app from the iTunes store .  As I mentioned in a previous post, Cold Spring Harbor has done an absolutely fantastic job on the Genes to Cognition site , which was launched just about one year ago

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Genes to Cognition 3-D Brain App

Nicholas Christakis has a lot to say about the importance of the company we keep. Not only do your friends’ smoking and eating habits affect your own, but their loneliness and drinking habits do as well.

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Pick Your Friends Wisely–Your Health Might Depend On It

By Mariana Ashley The Digital Age has revolutionized the way that we do a lot of things. Letter correspondences have all but died out in the face of cheaper and faster e-mail services, thin credit cards have replaced the need to carry around checkbooks and wads of cash, and small MP3 players have replaced the need for hundreds of CDs, cassette tapes, and vinyl records. Even technology that was already advanced has been upgraded, such as new touch-screen cell phones that have eliminated the need for a keypad altogether

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Classrooms Finally Catching Up to Technology

Karla celebrated Easter by drawing a picture for me to use on my blog. I hope you enjoy it! Karla's Happy Easter Greeting Of course, one of our all-time Easter activities chez Freberg is consideration of the world of Peeps. Some years ago, Karla also animated an exploding Peep.

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Happy Easter!

Whether you are looking for a movie to support a lesson you’ve been teaching or a book your class has read, or if you would like to offer a reward for hard work well done, these movies offer education, inspiration, entertainment, and sometimes, even a warning.

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50 Inspiring Films You Should Show Your Students

In a fresh appeal directly to the Iranian people, President Barack Obama says in an online video that the United States wants more educational and cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.

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Obama appeals to Iranian people in Internet video (AP via Yahoo! News)

Juwanna Brown, a 16-year-old junior at Lane Tech High School, foundanswers to many of her questions about college in a virtual environment. Brown attended CollegeWeekLive.com, an on-line event that lets studentsand parents chat via text and video with hundreds of colleges anduniversities nationwide without leaving their computer. “I asked questions about student-teacher ratios …

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College fairs online (Chicago Sun-Times)