Sorry, your comment got thrown into my “spam” folder, glad to have recovered it. Thanks for the comment. I’m also heavily on the nature side of the argument, but I tend to see human nature as having an incredible amount of plasticity. I find the male/female cognitive differences over-hyped by the nature side, and overly-dismissed by the nurture. I don’t mind there being inherent differences in aptitude, so long as we realize gender aptitude is there to be overcome.

A psychologist who’s a registered Republican is a rarity indeed, but that’s okay. Nobody’s perfect (j/k). I do genuinely enjoy, and am a regular reader of your blog. : )

Ryan

A spokesperson for the Akashi Seafood Council in nearby Hyogo prefecture confirmed the unusual nature of the extra-tentacled creature: “In Akashi, we might see one every 20 years or so. They are extremely rare.”

So this is a mutation rather than the result of kinky octopus sex. That book does sound awesome; although, I think you’re right it might get the parents outraged. : )

I have an awesome book called Kinky Cats, Immortal Amoeba, and Nine-Armed Octopuses that explains it in more detail. It’s a great book for your science center, if you want to donate some great biology books (though some parents might complain because it talks extensively about normal homosexual behaviors in animals.)

Thanks for the link to my post on the impact of videogames on spatial skills, but if you read my post carefully, you’ll see that I say I’m usually on the nature side of cognitive differences between the sexes. And I may quite possibly be the only psychologist on the planet who is a registered Republican…go figure :)

Nice site, by the way, but that octopus thing is just creepy looking!

Imagining the Tenth Dimension (HT Clint)

It’s mind-boggling and entertaining!