Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Busy Business

Now since I am in the full swing of school, I guess these posts are going to be shorter and less frequent.

Here is the inspiration for the title...

5:30 AM - Wake up/run
7:00 AM - Set up experiment
7:30 AM - Morning Meeting - Confirmation Bias
9:00 AM - Run subject
11:00 AM - Run subject
1:00 PM - CRISIS - find lost parking passes
2:00 PM - Data Entry
3:00 PM - Meeting
5:30 PM - Dinner
6:00 PM - Study
7:00 PM - Class
9:00 PM - Class over

So I guess I have a little less time than I previously anticipated. However, the thing about it is that I love all of it. I think that it is so great to do doing what I am doing.

A quick word about Confirmation Bias...

A flavor of cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias occurs when a person seeks out data to support their choice or ignores data that doesn't support their choice. It is thought that it reduces the negative feelings associated with making a faulty choice. It is also a part of the egocentric attitude that our personal choices are similar to other peoples choices.

More on the neural correlates later...