From the CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas) press release via EurekAlert!: A team of researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have developed a web application to test the visual intelligence of Facebook…
From the Hebrew University of Jerusalem press release via AlphaGalileo: Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have tapped onto the visual cortex of the congenitally blind by using sensory substitution devices (SSDs), enabling the blind…
From the Max Planck Institute press release: Holding information within one’s memory for a short while is a seemingly simple and everyday task. We use our short-term memory when remembering a new telephone number if…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: The eyes are the window into the soul—or at least the mind, according to a new paper published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the…
From the Hebrew University of Jerusalem press release via HealthCanal: Do baby-faced enemies have a better chance of gaining your trust? By subtly altering fictional politicians’ faces, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem examined…
From the Max Planck Institute press release: Max Planck researchers have proven something scientifically for the first time that laypeople have always known: the mere sight of delicious food stimulates the appetite. A study on…
From the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven press release via AlphaGalileo: Researchers have identified a brain area in rhesus monkeys responsible for three-dimensional perception. By electrically stimulating brain cells, researchers were able to influence the monkeys’ perception…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Objects that resemble faces are everywhere. Whether it’s New Hampshire’s erstwhile granite “Old Man of the Mountain,” or Jesus’ face on a tortilla, our brains are adept…
From the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences press release via Newswise: In a paper published online in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, a team of researchers from Boston University and Case Western…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: In order to get a better picture of our surroundings, the brain has to integrate information from different senses, but how does it know which signals to combine? New research…