What Is Pseudoscience?

At some point during the year, this always comes up.

Scientific American – Mind & Brain

via What Is Pseudoscience?.

Give SpongeBob a break!

Interesting back-and-forth over the effect of watching Sponge Bob on children’s development.  See the other posts for full review.

Child Psychology and Parenting Blog: Child-Psych.org

via Give SpongeBob a break!.

Long-term transfer of learning from books and video during toddlerhood

JECP

via Long-term transfer of learning from books and video during toddlerhood.

Animal Tricks – funny

http://tumblr.com/x2w30ejms8

Is It Possible to Not Judge A Book by Its Cover?

Research Blogging – Psychology – English

via Is It Possible to Not Judge A Book by Its Cover?.

Interesting article about teaching abroad

An interesting article on an American professor’s experiences teaching photography at Princess Noura University, an all-women’s university in Saudi Arabia, .

http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/128868/

Viaja a Segovia

Soy ‘yannnkee’!

Thunderstorm in Montana

Picture by Sean Heavey posted on National Geographic website.

When do people in Madrid sleep?

I love the feeling of the shared courtyards that appear to be ubiquitous in Spanish housing.  Right now I’m listening to someone wash pots and pans, I can hear my neighbor’s radio broadcasting today’s news, I can smell what somebody else is preparing for lunch.  And, all these sensations come from the nameless multitude of people living across the way, above, and below and on the side of us.  But, all this communal-ness has also made me wonder… when do Madrileños sleep?