From the Springer press release: Researchers have provided scientific evidence for what lap dancers and those who twerk probably have known all along — men are captivated by the arched back of a woman. A…
From the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience – KNAW press release: Half a century of research on how the brain learns to integrate visual inputs from the two eyes has provided important insights in critical period regulation,…
From the Radiological Society of North America press release: Researchers have found that disconnections of brain areas involved in attention and visual processing may contribute to visual hallucinations in individuals with Parkinson’s disease, according to a…
From the University of Bonn press release: Whether or not we consciously perceive the stimuli projected onto our retina is decided in our brain. A recent study by the University of Bonn shows how some…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: The human eye can perceive millions of different colors, but the number of categories human languages use to group those colors is much smaller. Some languages use as…
From the American Friends of Tel Aviv University press release: A new Tel Aviv University study finds that brief memory reactivations can replace repeated extensive practice and training — commonly known as “practice makes perfect” —…
From the University of Vienna press release: Music is a worldwide phenomenon and part of every culture, but the origin of music remains a longstanding puzzle. Why do people invest so much energy, time and…
From the Rockefeller University press release: There’s nothing quite like the rush of recognition that comes from seeing a familiar face. But scientists have been hard-pressed to explain how we identify well-known faces — or how…
From the BioMed Central press release: People can detect a fake image of a real-world scene only 60% of the time, and even then can only tell what is wrong with the image 45% of…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Exposure to a common visual illusion may enhance your ability to read fine print, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for…