I hadn’t been in Second Life for several months. But I was invited by a friend to visit his class on Social Media Marketing and talk about the psychology of website design (I’ll post the talk when I get it cleaned up--we had some technical issues), so I was forced... read more →
Jul
06
Jul
04
In new study out of Vanderbilt, reported in Science Daily "Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception," researchers Pearson, Tong, and Clifford report that what we imagine (see in our "mind's eye) directly impacts our visual perception. (The actual article appears in Current Biology). This is the first research that shows that... read more →
Jul
03
Thanks to my friend Jon Cabiria, who got me started on this thing, I am now a Twitter addict. Twitter is a social networking site, a sort of micro-blog where you share tidbits (called "Tweets") with your friends, acquaintances, and total strangers. You can choose how many of these friends... read more →
Jul
02
Okay, I have to admit I am a gadget-freak. My husband continually gives me grief because I can justify any technology purchase by saying “but I’m a Media Psychologist. I HAVE to know PERSONALLY how it feels to use these things.” So, right after I got the Wii and the... read more →
Jul
02
One of our colleagues at the Media Psychology Research Center, Fablevision's, Peter Reynolds, lead an interactive investigation with actor Eric Close at the National Educational Computing Conference to demonstrate how technology can impact learning and excite children about education. The event was hosted by Verizon Foundation's Thinkfinity.org, which offers elementary... read more →