Beer-goggles put to the test
A fascinating new study has demonstrated that consuming alcohol does not affect how men judge the age of women. The…
The Visual Cortex Goes Digital
Cognitive scientist Mark Changizi, from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is developing pictorial representations of digital circuits which he says can…
Lack Of A McShrinky Makes Therapy Unappealing
Television’s portrayal of psychological counselors as either buffoons or unethical clods makes people less willing to seek professional mental health…
Animals “Stuck In Time”
University of Western Ontario researchers investigating how animals perceive time have found that episodic-like memory in rats is qualitatively different…
Brain’s Secondary Depth-Perception Mechanism Uncovered
Humans and other animals are able to visually judge depth because we have two eyes and the brain compares the…
Scan A Brain And Predict The Future
Neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found they can predict whether test subjects will succeed…
Making Sense Of Our Senses
How we perceive someone touching us may depend as much on memory, attention and expectation as on the stimulus itself,…
The Eyes Don’t Have It
Color perception is most definitely not in the eye of the beholder, according to researchers at the University of Rochester.…