During the 180th ASA Meeting, Arezoo Talebzadeh from Ghent University will show how a personalized soundscape can help those with dementia by providing clues regarding…
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Animation of a person waking up from anesthesia. Credit: Jacob Dwyer, Michigan Medicine Innovative experiment demonstrates the resilience of the healthy human brain despite deep…
In a time of a global crisis such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to note how people move through different phases to…
“It’s extremely eye-opening that people are willing to make decisions about whether or not they would like to get to another human being, in less…
The first in-depth look at the human ability to decode the range of emotions tied to the acoustic cues of screams. People are adept at…
UC Riverside mouse study shows where in the brain sensory input is transformed to movement. When we step on the car brake upon seeing a…
Fragrances – promising mystery, intrigue and forbidden thrills – are blended by master perfumers, their recipes kept secret. In a new study on the sense…
In one test, study participants were asked to draw a typical woman who would — or would not — be the target of sexual harassment.…
Kids were able to correctly identify emotions on faces displaying (from left) sadness, anger and fear even when they were covered by a surgical mask.…
The identification of people wearing masks has often presented a unique challenge during the pandemic. A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the…
Facial expressions of emotion transcend geography and culture worldwide, new study shows. Credit: Alan Cowen At a time when nativism is on the rise, study…
In all three cases, the Sagrada Familia is the same colour but looks different due to the surrounding colors. This is a visual illusion. Do…
While in Paris in the 1990s, Georgie briefly watched a professional photographer taking pictures of kids playing in a small park near Les Halles and…
Bringing neuroscience out of the laboratory and into the concert hall. We all know that moment when we’re in the car, at a concert or…
Researchers discovered that a gene called PIEZO2 may help us sense when our bladders are full, and it is time to urinate. Above is an…
Our brains can’t always reliably evaluate experiences that unfold over time We tend to give disproportionate weight to the later part of an experience This…
Dopamine, serotonin involved in sub-second perception, cognition. In first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of researchers has revealed two well-known neurochemicals —…
Our brains have an upper limit on how much they can process at once due to a constant but limited energy supply, according to a…
The fear that people developed at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak has given way to anger over the course of the pandemic, a study…
People are no better than chance at identifying when someone else is recounting a false or real memory of a crime, according to a new…