FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 13, 2020·4 min readState of mind: The end of personality as we know itA new framework sheds light on how the mind adapts to different situations. The study proposes a unifying principle for the cortical mechanisms where state of mind is determined.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·January 17, 2020·4 min readReward improves visual perceptual learning, but only after people sleepReward does not improve visual perception learning unless it is followed by a good night's sleep.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 9, 2020·3 min readFood textures affect perceptions of healthinessThe texture of certain foods may impact how healthy people believe they are. Foods that have less explicitly textured surfaces are perceived to be tastier, but not healthier.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 9, 2019·6 min readIn a split second, clothes make the man more competent in the eyes of othersThere may be some truth to the common idea that we judge a person's competence based on the clothes they wear. A new study reveals we perceive a person to have higher levels of competence if the clothes they wear look expensive.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 25, 2019·2 min readApproaching the perception of touch in the brainParts of the prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal lobe, in addition to the somatosensory cortex, play critical roles in touch perception.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 20, 2019·4 min readHow people trick themselves into thinking something is heavier than it really isHolding a steering wheel at different arm positions can influence our perception of how much force we need to steer.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 29, 2019·4 min readFaith, truth and forgiveness: How your brain processes abstract thoughtsThe human brain acts like an indexing system to help compose the meaning of abstract concepts.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 25, 2019·3 min readTrue lies: How letter patterns color perceptions of truthThe sequence of letters influences whether people believe a message to be true or fake.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 13, 2019·4 min readDistractions distort what’s realDistractions may change our perceptions of reality, making us believe we witnessed something different from what we really saw.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 6, 2019·4 min readBad to the bone or just bad behavior?How we perceive moral goodness or moral badness, as either biological and innate traits or potentially changeable, can guide whether we are willing to be lenient over other peoples' transgressions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·August 15, 2019·4 min readBeing left-handed doesn’t mean you are right-brained – so what does it mean?Researchers look at the myths and the facts about left-handedness.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 6, 2019·3 min readHow we perceive vibrations through touchRegardless of receptor types, spiking patterns determine vibrotactile frequency perception. The findings challenge existing theories about how Pacinian receptor channels work together in response to vibrotactile stimulation.Read More
