From the University of Missouri press release: Accusations of racism accompanying the death of Trayvon Martin and the subsequent actions of Florida police are prevalent in the national media this week. Many are questioning the…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: When observing a fly buzzing around the room, we should have the impression that it is not the fly, but rather the space that lies behind it that is moving.…
From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory press release via EurekAlert!: The next time you set a trap for that rat running around in your basement, here’s something to consider: you are going up against an…
From the CORDIS press release via MedicalXPress: Interactions between infants and their environment are limited because of the infants’ poor motor abilities. So investigating infant cognition is no easy task. Which sensory event is the…
From the American Academy of Opthalmology press release via EurekAlert!: A new paradigm to explain glaucoma is rapidly emerging, and it is generating brain-based treatment advances that may ultimately vanquish the disease known as the…
From the Ohio State University press release: In most cases, your profile photo on Facebook tells viewers what they need to know to form an impression of you – no words are necessary, new research…
From the RIKEN press release via ScienceDaily and ResearchSEA: Imaging data suggest that conscious perception has little to do with the primary visual cortex — the region where visual information enters the brain. From a…
From the New York University press release: We make our eye movements earlier or later in order to coordinate with movements of our arms, New York University neuroscientists have found. Their study, which appears in…
From the McGill University press release via EurekAlert!: A new study reveals for the first time that activating the brain’s visual cortex with a small amount of electrical stimulation actually improves our sense of smell.…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: If you are looking for a particular object — say a yellow pencil — on a cluttered desk, how does your brain work to visually locate it? For…