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Jesse Bering is an experimental psychologist and Director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture at the Queen's University, Belfast. See full bio
April 8, 2008,

Comments on ""Explanation as Orgasm," Says Leading Researcher"

"Explanation as Orgasm," Says Leading Researcher

By Jesse Bering, Ph.D. on April 8, 2008 in Quirky Little Things

Scientists who are intrinsically motivated to solve their complicated research problems, says developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik, are like big children, perpetually chasing after the explanatory highs so endemic to a curious childhood. Read More

aha

Submitted by Matthew Hutson on April 8, 2008 - 7:30pm.
This would explain the intellectual hard-on.

verily

Submitted by Jacque on September 17, 2008 - 9:49am.

fMRI, anyone?

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