From the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) press release: Schizophrenia patients often experience an altered sense of self, e.g. as if someone else is controlling their actions. This impairment is described as a deficit in…
From the University of Kent press release: Whether people believe they are ‘intuitive’ or not may have no bearing on how they perform in tasks that require intuition, according to new research by psychologists at the…
From the BioMed Central press release: People can detect a fake image of a real-world scene only 60% of the time, and even then can only tell what is wrong with the image 45% of…
From the North Carolina State University press release: A study of older adults finds an individual’s awareness of aging is not as static as previously thought, and that day-to-day experiences and one’s attitude toward aging can…
From the JAMA Network Journals press release: A study of preoperative patients for rhinoplasty suggests poor mental well-being and low self-esteem were associated with poorer perceptions of nasal function, according to a new study published…
From the Penn State press release: Even though ice cream connoisseurs may insist that ice cream with more fat tastes better, a team of Penn State food scientists found that people generally cannot tell the…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Exposure to a common visual illusion may enhance your ability to read fine print, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for…
From the University of Surrey press release: People who are believed to be immoral are unable to reverse individuals’ perception of them, potentially resulting in difficulties in the workplace and barriers in accessing fair and…
From the University of Chicago Booth School of Business press release: Research finds that people tend to believe that they are more likely than others to donate blood, give to charity, treat another person fairly, and…
From the Universität Mainz press release: Persons suffering from schizophrenia have a different perception of time than healthy individuals. There is far more variation in the way that a time interval is perceived by people with…