Tag: Perception

Study suggests gender stereotypes lead to women’s pain not being taken as seriously as men’s pain

From the University of Miami press release: “On a scale of one to 10, how much pain are you in?” In a recent study published by the Journal of Pain, co-authored… Read more »

Study suggests screams of ‘joy’ sound like ‘fear’ when heard out of context

From the Emory Health Sciences press release: People are adept at discerning most of the different emotions that underlie screams, such as anger, frustration, pain, surprise or fear, finds a… Read more »

Study looks at what happens in brain when immersed in “becoming” a fiction character

From the Ohio State University press release: If you count yourself among those who lose themselves in the lives of fictional characters, scientists now have a better idea of how… Read more »

Study suggests that how we perceive our orientation affects our perception of self-motion

From the York University press release: What feels like up may actually be some other direction depending on how our brains process our orientation, according to psychology researchers at York… Read more »

Study looks at how people’s moods might affect their trust of autonomous products

From the Stanford University press release: While a certain level of trust is needed for autonomous cars and smart technologies to reach their full potential, these technologies are not infallible… Read more »