This study tells what happened when two Ig Nobel Prize-winning experiments were combined: “Inattentional blindness for a noxious multimodal stimulus,” Joseph F. Wayand, Daniel T. Levin and D. Alexander Varakin, American Journal of Psychology, vol. 118, no. 3, Fall 2005, pp. 339-52. The authors, at DePauw University and at Vanderbilt University, explain: “Previous research has […]
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Gorilla Ig Nobellian reviews Full-Bladder Winners
Writing in the New York Times Book Review, Chris Chabris, who together with Dan Simons was awarded the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize in psychology (for their experiment in which people did not notice a gorilla) explores some recent books about how well the brain makes decisions. In particular Professor Chabris appreciates the work of the 2011 Ig Nobel medicine prize winners: Is the […]
The gorilla song
Here’s another animal song. This is George Brassens’s Gorilla Song [click here for an approximate translation into English]: Brassens_Gare au gorille Uploaded by kitsch. – Explore more music videos.
Lime in the Coconut: Research
This week’s Fruit-in-Nut Study of the Week is: “The use of lime and salt for manuring coconut palms,” M.L.M. Salgado, T.A. Ceylon, vol. 103, 1947, pp. 121-123. For further coconut studies of that same vintage, see the Coconut Time Line for 1947. BONUS: Harry Nillson sings the song “Lime in the Coconut” [thanks to investigator […]