From the Tokyo Institute of Technology press release via ResearchSEA: Understanding how the human brain categorizes information through signs and language is a key part of developing computers that can ‘think’ and ‘see’ in the…
From the Arizona State University press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists at Arizona State University have discovered that ants utilize a strategy to handle “information overload.” Temnothorax rugatulus ants, commonly found living in rock crevices in…
From the Northwestern University press release: Remember the telephone game where people take turns whispering a message into the ear of the next person in line? By the time the last person speaks it out…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release by Chris Barncard via ScienceDaily: Stress has long been pegged as the enemy of attention, disrupting focus and doing substantial damage to working memory — the short-term juggling…
From the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres press release via MedicalXpress: Every activity in the brain involves the transfer of signals between neurons. Frequently, as many as one thousand signals rain down on a…
From the IOS Press press release via EurekAlert!: Only 15% of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States have some form of paid work. Difficulties related to cognition, behavior, communication, and sensory…
From the Northwestern University press release by Erin White: “Information overload” may be an exaggerated way to describe today’s always-on media environment. Actually, very few Americans seem to feel bogged down or overwhelmed by the…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Animals that literally have holes in their brains can go on to behave as normal adults if they’ve had the benefit of a little cognitive training in…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via ScienceDaily: Confident consumers pay more attention to advertisements and product information that focus on high-level features of a product, according to a new study in…
From the Princeton University press release by Morgan Kelly: A mysterious region deep in the human brain could be where we sort through the onslaught of stimuli from the outside world and focus on the…