Binaural beats are created by the brain while monoaural beats appear on the sound file. Credit: Orozco Perez et al., eNeuro 2020 Auditory illusion may…
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Facial expressions don’t tell the whole story of emotion. Researchers warn of drawing too-quick conclusions about people’s feelings from facial expressions. Interacting with other people…
Study finds revenge is more enjoyable than forgiveness — at least in stories — but forgiveness stories are more meaningful. When it comes to entertainment,…
Efforts to avoid appearing dishonest may actually lead to lying, study finds. People may lie to appear honest if events that turned out in their…
Research conducted at Swansea University and the University of Milan has shown that students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage with…
Coordinated behavior is common in a variety of biological systems, such as insect swarms, fish schools, and bacterial colonies. But the way information is spread…
Ant behavior theorists Chris Tokita, an ecology and evolutionary biology graduate student, and his adviser Corina Tarnita found that division of labor and political polarization…
Scientists mapped music samples according to the 13 key emotions triggered in more than 2,500 people in the United States and China when they listened…
One of the wolves, named Aino, waiting in the test apparatus. Contrary to expectations, dogs and wolves performed equally well on the cooperation task. Credit:…
Study surveyed people before and after they saw The Last Jedi. How much you enjoy the new Star Wars movie will depend a lot on…
Study has implications for evolution of technology and culture in humans. Teach a chimpanzee to fish for insects to eat, and you feed her for…
Men are twice as likely as women to consider themselves to be good at lying and at getting away with it, new research has found.…
People make split-second judgements about a person’s competency based on their own perceptions of the person’s clothing, according to a study led by Princeton University…
Exerting Self-Control Does Not Mean Sacrificing Pleasure Choosing to eat chocolate cake instead of carrot sticks does not equal a lack of self-control, according to…
A visual cue used by animators to accompany the acoustic characteristics of belching within the data set, called the “wavy lip gesture.” Credit: Jessica Moore…
More research into suicide needed ‘urgently,’ say international team. An international team of researchers has identified key networks within the brain that they say interact…
Dogs use facial expressions and body language to communicate with conspecifics and humans. Credit: Sylvio Tüpke The first comprehensive study of the human ability to…
New research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business on chess and tennis shows that even when competitors are evenly matched, players perform worse against…
International study including 27 countries shows people prioritize loved ones over everything else. Across the globe, caring for loved ones is what matters most. But,…
A new analysis from the Texas Tech University Department of Psychological Sciences shows three different, equally prevalent purposes behind sexually based messages. Let’s talk about…