From the Yale University press release: A beautiful landscape painting, a beautiful piano sonata — art and music are almost exclusively described in terms of aesthetics, but what about math? Beyond useful or brilliant, can…
From the University of Southern California press release: Most algorithms have probably never heard the Eagles’ song, “Lyin’ Eyes.” Otherwise, they’d do a better job of recognizing duplicity. Computers aren’t very good at discerning misrepresentation,…
From the University of Sussex press release: The scent of a lemon could help people feel better about their body image, new findings from University of Sussex research has revealed. In a new study from…
From the Cell Press press release: After patient RDS (identified only by his initials for privacy) suffered a stroke, he experienced a rare and unusual side effect: when he saw something red, blue, green, or…
From the Kessler Foundation press release: Kessler Foundation researchers have found a correlation between deficits in facial emotion recognition and poor community integration in individuals with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Their findings have…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: Sometimes in life there are special places that seem to stand out to us — a school playground, perhaps an old church,…
From the American Psychological Association press release: People who see themselves as being in a higher social class may tend to have an exaggerated belief that they are more adept than their equally capable lower-class…
From the University of Washington press release: Many parents express concerns about privacy and online safety in technology designed for their children. But we know much less about what children themselves find concerning in emerging…
From the Georgia Institute of Technology press release: When it comes to pitching business ideas to potential investors, an entrepreneur’s excitement and enthusiasm can be the difference between dreams taking shape or ultimately falling flat.…
From the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena press release: Grunting noises in tennis influence the prediction of ball flight, according to sport psychologists. Exceeding noise levels of 100 decibels, the grunting sounds produced by some tennis players when…