With this in mind, here are a few sites that feature cognitive psychology podcasts, research, articles and news. I’m even sneaking in a few brain science sites for the true believers. Although the Cognitive Daily stopped publishing new articles in January 2010, it has 5 years worth of archives that are worth browsing. Salvidar, a doctoral student in the above science, does a good job of culling informative and relevant articles at his site. I’d call this site simple to use and effective. Tags: COGNITION RECENT ARTICLES Enjoy. MORE >>

A while back, PBS did a series on video games called The Video Game Revolution and they created a companion web site. One article on the site takes apart some common myths about video games. Check out Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked for yourself, in the meantime, here is small sampling of the conclusions of the article. Myth is listed first then the rebuttal: 1. The availability of video games has led to an epidemic of youth violence. It’s true that young offenders who have committed school shootings in America have also been game players. MORE >>

Since Flash technology is widely used in creating advertisements, some web-browsers and email sites may block the images and videos in a Flash quiz regarding it as spam. You can even take the embed code from any other site like Scribd, SlideShare etc, and add the content  to your quizzes, to make them more interactive and fun, without overhead of Flash. ArticlesHere are 5 reasons why you should avoid a Flash-based quiz creator: 1. Your quizzes take longer time to load. quiz with Flash features take a long time to load. Flash player download required . b) Documents Viewer. MORE >>

Before you just place any old photo into an online course or informational web site, it’s a good idea to think about whether a realistic graphic is required. The research for this article was taken from my book, Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand. Other Articles with Graphic Tips: The Power of Visual Grouping. Tags: GRAPHICS MEDIA RECENT ARTICLES graphics for learning And if so, how much realism will be most effective? By realism, I mean how well a graphic appears to be a successful copy of its referent. MORE >>

This list of web-based resources will point you toward web sites that will help you learn how to do new things, stay on top of current events, and learn about topics where your current knowledge may be lacking. Do you know of any other sites where people can absorb quality, new information in under 10 minutes? 5min 5min bills itself as a “life videopedia,&# which essentially means that it aggregates and hosts instructional and DIY how-to videos from sites all over the web. The site has a huge team of well-credentialed writers that produce the content. s ????s MORE >>