Hence my dilemma. If there's no object I'm fine with Cog Sci having it; I'd rather it see an academic research backed answer which I think is much more likely here
You'll have to wait for one of the Cogsci mods to respond in the teacher's lounge though
@BenBrocka We need it more than UX does... but it depends on what the user wants. If all they care about is how to design their pop-ups then UX is obviously the place... but if they are generally interested in knowing how to measure typical reading speed, then we are the destination
problem is, the question is kind of in the middle and leaning more towards the UX side
a sneaky-ish thing we could do is migrate the question here, then edit it as soon as it arrives to concentrate on the science with the UX-part just as an after-thought/motivation and not part of the question, and then ask the user to ask a seperate question focused on the UX aspect over at UX with links to the scientific discussion here
I am creating an iPhone app where I need to show transient confirmation messages. For example, when a user submits a comment, I pop up a message saying "thanks for submitting your comment". Shortly after, the message will fade away. There exist many such transient messages all over my iPhone app....
I am creating an iPhone app where I need to show transient confirmation messages (called a toast in Android). For example, when a user submits a comment, I pop up a message saying "thanks for submitting your comment". Shortly after, the message will fade away. There exist many such transient mess...
How does the time needed to read a sentence scale with the number of characters? Or does this time scaling depend on something more than just character count?
For example, let $X$ be the number of characters and $F(X)$ the seconds to read an entire sentence of $X$ characters long. There are 3 op...
I've heard patients who complain of "brain fog" (and fatigue) claim a reduction in "brain fog" (and more mental clarity) when they get fewer hours of sleep (usually less than 5.5 hours).
Here I'd define brain fog as a lack of mental clarity, slow and muddled thinking, trouble stringing thoughts,...
I finally left an announcement on the Neuroinformatics proposal to get people to vote for some questions so we can carry the proposal forward. If it goes forward and they're still missing a faction of support, we can talk with them again about joining forces.
I know that we've talking about attempting to merge with different sites, but this would be different. Parenting has a Some subjects might be on-topic here but you can get better response on our sister sites, for instance: clause in their FAQ, where they include Fitness and Nutrition and a handf...
How strong is the evidence for the argument made in Willpower by Baumeister and Tierney?
Basically willpower is supposed to be proportional to the amount of glucose in your blood and if you use up the willpower, it takes time to replenish the resource.
Robert Kurzban argues in Psychology Today ...
As is the argument sort of states that Diabetics have iron wills (not particularly true) and hypoglycemia will give you terrible willpower (sorta true, because you're dying)
Fringe crap can be on Skeptics, don't really want psychologists, neurolobiologists ect to see the front page of "IS THIS RETARDED CLAIM TRUE?!"
Is there's particular academic research specifically targeting a claim it's maybe okay, but unsubstantiated crap that's just disproved by a general understanding of the topic is too much
This is something, I thought about, when I saw my younger sister playing with Pokemon cards. She knew all the facts about every single creature by heart, but failed during tests in school. I can only guess, because I never tried, but I'm sure, if I had put one line of facts on each card, she woul...
This is something, I thought about, when I saw my younger sister playing with Pokemon cards. She knew all the facts about every single creature by heart, but failed during tests in school. I can only guess, because I never tried, but I'm sure, if I had put one line of facts on each card, she woul...
Yes, there's a correlation and a causation. Here are 9 studies that prove it:
The present work suggests that self-control relies on glucose as a limited energy source. Laboratory tests
of self-control (i.e., the Stroop task, thought suppression, emotion regulation, attention control) and of...
But I think we still did the right thing by migrating... we are not a site for debunking random correlation claims
@ArtemKaznatcheev If I had the time, I would delve more into the methodology of those journal articles, as the whole "willpower" bit still seems pretty hard to define.
A little background: I'm an avid dreamer and have great dream recall, sometimes up to 5-7 per night.
In my experience, I can sometimes trace some elements of the dream to an event that occured within a 1-3 day window prior to the dream.
I've done similar experiments with the process of idea g...
Is there any evidence suggesting that thoughts or experiences from late in the day are more likely to be dreamed about the following night compared with similar experiences earlier in the day?
I'm not sure how to define well-being or "happiness" in humans. Maybe it can be expressed as some level of serotonin or dopamine within the brain.
I can define the activity pattern as what the user is actively engaged in.
Has there been any studies on what happens when humans "feel good"? Are ...
As I said to Ben, though, they're not going to be too willing to give up questions either. They're not struggling as much as we're struggling, but they're still struggling
The easiest way to work forward from a well-cited article is to do a forward Google Search. My answer is almost completely based on such a search and concentrates on three brain regions: amygdala, insula cortex, and the anterior cingulate cortex; note that all three regions are linked to emotion...
@jonsca But that is how I get into the site, by following certain people
@jonsca How do you know its me upvoting you? :P It might very well be somebody else on a voting spree, who happens to pause at the same times as I respond in chat
The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) is a remarkable little plant whose characteristic feature is its ability to droop its leaves when disturbed:
Apparently, this ability to droop rests on the cells in the leaves of the sensitive plant being able to draw water out of themselves through changes ...
Oh no! I don't have enough rep to downvote on bio.SE! I need to make a tag-wiki or something
@jonsca That is still a "how" answer
@jonsca an example "why" answer: the slow extension of the knee is much less likely to cause damage, since other muscles have time to respond thus there is no need for a reflex
How strong is the evidence for the argument made in Willpower by Baumeister and Tierney?
Basically willpower is supposed to be proportional to the amount of glucose in your blood and if you use up the willpower, it takes time to replenish the resource.
Robert Kurzban argues in Psychology Today ...
Yes, there's a correlation and a causation. Here are 9 studies that prove it:
The present work suggests that self-control relies on glucose as a limited energy source. Laboratory tests
of self-control (i.e., the Stroop task, thought suppression, emotion regulation, attention control) and of...
A little background: I'm an avid dreamer and have great dream recall, sometimes up to 5-7 per night.
In my experience, I can sometimes trace some elements of the dream to an event that occured within a 1-3 day window prior to the dream.
I've done similar experiments with the process of idea g...
The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) is a remarkable little plant whose characteristic feature is its ability to droop its leaves when disturbed:
Apparently, this ability to droop rests on the cells in the leaves of the sensitive plant being able to draw water out of themselves through changes ...
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