From the Association for Psychological Science media release: What we see in the periphery, just outside the direct focus of the eye, may sometimes be a visual illusion, according to new findings published in Psychological Science, a…
From the National Institutes of Health media release: With the help of two young patients with a unique neurological disorder, an initial study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health suggests that a gene called…
From the Brown University media release: Volunteers who started an experiment feeling neutral about certain faces they saw ended up unknowingly adopting the feelings that scientists induced via an MRI feedback technique, according to newly published…
From the University of Waterloo media release: Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that drawing pictures of information that needs to be remembered is a strong and reliable strategy to enhance memory. “We pitted…
From the Cornell Food & Brand Lab media release: When estimating portion size, we may be more influenced by food images on the packaging than by the listed serving size leading us to serve more than…
From the Kansas State University media release: Hollywood-style films may control viewers’ attention more than originally thought, according to a Kansas State University researcher. Lester Loschky, associate professor of psychological sciences, recently published “What Would Jaws…
From the Salk Institute for Biological Studies press release via Newswise: How is it possible for a human eye to figure out letters that are twisted and looped in crazy directions, like those in the…
From the University of Iowa press release via ScienceDaily: When young children gaze intently at something or furrow their brows in concentration, you know their minds are busily at work. But you’re never entirely sure…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: People can plan strategic movements to several different targets at the same time, even when they see far fewer targets than are actually present, according to a…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: People can plan strategic movements to several different targets at the same time, even when they see far fewer targets than are actually present, according to a…