I had a similar experience. When one of my husband's sisters saw my ring she said "it's soo tiny!" I just gave her the stink eye/ blank look combo (which is deadly btw) and she turned red, got embarrassed and changed the subject. She really is a nice person, I don't know what she was thinking. I have a small ring…

You know, it always takes me by surprise how many people cannot comprehend satire...

Agreed. That is a rude statement. I am married (been together for 5 years), my good friend has a SO (been together for 4 years). We had a conversation the other day that is super related to this. We both agreed that we liked having sex with our partners 1-2 times a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.

I JUST had this experience... except I am not pregnant.

I would.

When Destiny's Child came out I lost my mind! Ditto waiting for them to sing "Survivor"... or "Say my Name"?!

What kind of a dog is this? So adorable!!!

That is SUPER interesting. I haven't heard of it before, but I am now thinking about all of the possibilities!

Yes there are indications of early theory of mind in other research. It appears as if ToM slowly develops throughout toddler/childhood. Some researchers argue that the ability to deceive or lie as young toddlers is the development of ToM. It has been linked to executive functioning development and social development…

I am also a psyc MA student and I have the same reaction! haha!

I didn't mean to imply that I am waiting for someone to come along and decide to teach me.

I am your terrible friend! Well not actually your terrible friend, but I do the same thing (or lack of things) as your terrible friend.

I agree! I definitely wouldn't describe it as a breakthrough either. They essentially used a different method / measure of the child's response. Instead of a verbal response they used eye gaze. A lot of 18 month olds can talk / point to answer the researchers questions. I suppose the exciting bit is that now that they…

Theory of Mind is one of my favorite psychology concepts / constructs! The coolest thing about Theory of Mind (ToM) is how it differs in abnormal populations of people. For instance, kids with Autism tend to develop ToM much later than typical kids, and there are theories relating ToM to people with anti-social…

ME TOO! I feel like I shocked many of my friends and family when I got married because typically I am a control freak perfectionist, but I really didn't want my wedding to stress me out. So I had a simple and cheap wedding. Planning it was still the most stressful thing I have ever done... I can't imagine how I would…

LOL! Actually my parents (well my mom) was pretty great with the who sex discussion thing. My grandmother wouldn't even let my mom take sex education in school, so it was my mom's goal to make sure we knew what was going on body wise. Especially once we became teenagers.

Both of your comments are absolutely correct! I am also not a cognitive scientist, but I am a psychology grad student, and this is exactly what I have learned. It also makes complete sense when you think about it. Ours brains need to cut corners somehow to process all of the information we are exposed to!

There should be a second COTD that goes to the best comment / gif combo. This would totally be my vote.

Definitely too young for them. I am born in 1989 too and have no memory of listening to their music, (NSync and BSB I was allll over). I did get a NKOTB barbie for christmas one year because my mom couldn't find any non-blonde male barbies at the time. We loved that barbie, he was played with so much his leg fell off…

My mom gave me a human body book when I was 5 or 6 that was actually super advanced and had all human body things, illustrations of the nervous system, your genitals, your lungs etc. I was all about science. But that book also explained what STD's were, what condoms were, sex etc. She explained sex to me but I am…