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• Commented on Pick Your Battles
  I like how this incorporated a personal anecdote of your life as well as important lessons we learned from this class. That was very mature of you to keep more to yourself instead of arguing back. I know that I...
• Commented on What are the real effects of alcohol?
  I agree that the section on alcohol was very informative and a good section for all college students to read. It is very upsetting how so many college students can succumb to alcohol abuse and some become addicted without realizing...
• Commented on Beauty and the Beast?!
  I really enjoyed this blog post. It combined nostalgic past memories with valuable psychology knowledge that we discussed this year. I definitely agree with the idea that these three rules for attraction-proximity, reciprocity and similarity will be around forever, because...
• Posted How would you feel if you couldn't recognize your own face? to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  Out of the many fascinating topics we discussed in psychology this year, one topic struck me to be the most interesting. That is the idea of faceblindness or prosopagnosia, which is a disorder that around 2% of the worlds population...
• Favorited Lose 50 Pounds in 3 Days! on Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
• Posted Lose 50 Pounds in 3 Days! to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  Have you ever heard of a little purple berry called Acai? Acai is found mainly in Central and South America and has been all the rage for weight loss supplements within the past few years. There are sites all over...
• Commented on Effects of divorce on children
  This is a very appealing topic to me as well because my parents divorced when I was 11. However, I am not so sure I agree with the idea that all children are negatively effected by divorce. I agree that...
• Commented on Does Legalizing Abortion Decrease Crime Rates?
  Very interesting topic, I really enjoy how you went to outside sources for this blog. I agree that the authors need to look into other possibilities for crime rate and weather legalizing abortions would actually change this number. One of...
• Commented on Do You Remember Last Night?
  It is important to be careful when drinking, as you mentioned, but you forget to talk about the fact that in the movie the people were rufied, which hopefully they would be able to use that to get out of...
• Commented on What do your pets say behind your back?
  I have often wondered if my dogs have conversations when I am not around. I have seen many of these signals in my dogs as well, it is like they can just look at each other and have a long...
• Commented on Alzheimer's, A Growing Problem
  This blog surprised me. I know a lot about Alzheimer's and that it can be genetic and increased with age, but I did not know that the main cause of Alzheimer's was due to a protein that did not develop...
• Commented on True Versus False Memories - Lost in a shopping mall by Elizabeth Loftus
  I agree, I thought the false memories topic was very interesting. It is hard to believe that our memories are so complex that we can actually believe a story that happened in the past, that did not actually happen. It...
• Commented on Is Face Recognition a Learned Ability?
  After reading through this I am surprised that you didn't mention the main disease name for disabilities in face recognition-prosopagnosia. I am currently working in a lab where we use an eye tracking device like you mentioned to track the...
• Commented on Autism: What are the Chances?
  Autism is a very interesting disability as it affects people all over the world. It is also a disability that is different from patient to patient and can range from moderate symptoms like hyperactivity to severe, where the child is...
• Commented on Who decides who I love?
  This is a widely debatable topic because knowing that the brain is plastic-we can also know and assume that sexuality is plastic. This can be proven by thinking back on evolution. It was originally thought that men and women were...
• Commented on Diagnosing Rachel McAdams in "The Vow"
  I really enjoy the fact that you chose to talk about this movie, I just saw it last weekend and it was definetly a good (and true!) love story. It is interesting that they didn't explain her disease more in...
• Commented on Is Your Brain Shrinking?
  This is an interesting topic-one which I very much enjoy because both of my grandfathers were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. It is truly devastating because as they age they begin to forget even the most common tasks and eventually forget...
• Posted Take more Naps and STILL Have Time for Homework? to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  Have you ever had trouble getting assignments done or felt like there is simply not enough time in the day to complete all that needs to be completed? There may be a solution to finding a little extra time in...
• Commented on Was President Bush Really THAT Dumb?
  This was one of the blog posts that I wanted to read even if I didn't comment, because the title caught my eye! I think it is very interesting to compare these different types of intelligence "tests". I have always...
• Commented on Vegetarianism...Vegetables...NASTY!
  Good choice for a blog post, although it defiantly proposes some controversy on weather or not vegetarianism is the way to go. I have been in situations where friends are vegetarians because they think its inhumane to kill innocent animals...
• Commented on Why Your Dog Wouldn't Bark Up the Wrong Tree
  I found this blog interesting because I have always laughed at my dogs when they start barking at what seems to be a leaf, but it may actually be something I am not hearing. This is why I think it...
• Commented on Zombies Really Do Come Out at Night
  I agree with you, I find the fact that our brain is so integrated and can learn new things no matter how old we are. I also find the device used in these participants brain, equally intriguing. How did they...
• Commented on Can you hear that???
  This was a very interesting blog! I defiantly went to the link given to find out the highest frequency that I could hear. However, I found that some of my friends who are 20, couldn't hear the pitches they are...
• Commented on To Spank, Or Not To Spank
  When I was a child my parents spanked me only on my worst behavior-such as locking my babysitter in our playhouse-but my parents deliberately applauded me in times of good deed or good behavior as well. I think this style...
• Commented on To Spank, Or Not To Spank
  When I was a child my parents spanked me only on my worst behavior-such as locking my babysitter in our playhouse-but my parents deliberately applauded me in times of good deed or good behavior as well. I think this style...
• Posted Playing Tetris isn't Only for Procrastination Anymore to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  That's right, now that favorite game that seems to beckon your name every time you have homework, can actually help prevent symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD can occur when stress for an individual is too much to bare....