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…
From the Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena press release: “In our project, we are looking at how the brain makes hypnotic states possible,” explains Professor Wolfgang Miltner, who has been working on the phenomenon for decades. “First, we looked…
From the University of Bath press release: People suffering from chronic pain often find their condition distracting and debilitating, but new research reveals that some might in fact be paying less, rather than more, attention to…
From the KU Leuven press release: Video assistant refereeing in soccer has to be used with caution. Researchers at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Belgium, have shown that refs are more likely to give red…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release: People experiencing migraines often avoid light and find relief in darkness. A new study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has revealed a…
From the Frontiers press release: Scientists have collected and summarized studies looking at how video games can shape our brains and behavior. Research to date suggests that playing video games can change the brain regions…
From the University of California – Santa Barbara press release: Your doctor is an expert with many years of experience. So when she tells you, upon reviewing all the fancy tomographic imaging you had done, that…
From the New York University press release: The arrangement of the photoreceptors in our eyes allows us to detect socially significant color variation better than other types of color vision, a team of researchers has…
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often find it difficult to look others in the eyes. This avoidance has typically been interpreted as a sign of social and…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: For most of us, faces provide untold amounts of information about the people in our world. We use faces to identify someone as a friend or stranger,…