{"id":24005,"date":"2012-10-31T17:15:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T17:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/10\/31\/12-year-old-helps-dad-with-research-using-dungeons-drago\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T11:10:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T11:10:40","slug":"12-year-old-helps-dad-with-research-using-dungeons-drago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/10\/31\/12-year-old-helps-dad-with-research-using-dungeons-drago\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24005 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/10\/31\/12-year-old-helps-dad-with-research-using-dungeons-drago\/attachment\/24006\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mcrohuekCy1qbh26io1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mcrohuekCy1qbh26io1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mcrohuekCy1qbh26io1_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itsokaytobesmart.com\/post\/34707712576\/12-year-old-helps-dad-with-research-using-dungeons-drago\">jtotheizzoe<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2012\/10\/30\/12-year-old-uses-dungeons-and-dragons-to-help-scientist-dad-with-his-research\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20NotRocketScience%20(Not%20Exactly%20Rocket%20Science)\">How a 12-Year-Old Used Dungeons and Dragons to Help His Scientist Dad With His Research<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever hear about the trick where a man stands on the sidewalk, silently staring up into the sky? Without fail, bystanders and passers-by will at least glance up, if not stare alongside him. Animals from humans to birds are prone to look where others are looking.<\/p>\n<p>But why? Are we focused on following people\u2019s faces or are we following their eyes? The brain has regions that support both ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Kingstone, of the\u00a0University\u00a0of British Columbia, asked his son Julian for help in figuring out which theory was correct. Julian\u2019s idea? Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wizards.com\/dnd\/Product.aspx?x=dnd\/products\/dndacc\/217207200\">Dungeons &amp; Dragons Monster Manual<\/a>, full of monsters with eyes on places other than their heads, to test people\u2019s gaze.<\/p>\n<p>The result? You\u2019ll have to <em>send your eyes<\/em> over to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2012\/10\/30\/12-year-old-uses-dungeons-and-dragons-to-help-scientist-dad-with-his-research\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20NotRocketScience%20(Not%20Exactly%20Rocket%20Science)\">Not Exactly Rocket Science<\/a>\u00a0to find out more. Oh, and congratulations to Julian for getting his work published in a Royal Society journal!! I feel pretty darn good about our young scientists \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Yes or no: Coolest scientific application of D&amp;D ever? I think the\u00a0<em>eyes<\/em>\u00a0have it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>jtotheizzoe: How a 12-Year-Old Used Dungeons and Dragons to Help His Scientist Dad With His Research Ever hear about the trick where a man stands on the sidewalk, silently staring up into the sky? Without fail, bystanders and passers-by will at least glance up, if not stare alongside him. Animals from humans to birds are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/10\/31\/12-year-old-helps-dad-with-research-using-dungeons-drago\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24007,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24005\/revisions\/24007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}