FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 13, 2017·4 min readYes, She’s Smiling: Mona Lisa’s Facial Expression Less Ambiguous Than ThoughtAccording to researchers, people almost always perceive Mona Lisa's facial expression as being happy.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 9, 2017·5 min readBrain is Ten Times More Active Than Previously MeasuredResearchers believe their findings could change the way scientists understand how the brain works.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 6, 2017·5 min readIt’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s – a Key Discovery About Human MemoryA new study links a person's visual long term memory to tracking how an object moves.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 1, 2017·5 min readThe Power of Perception: How Information Sources Affect VotersPeople's opinions of political figures influence how plausible they believe the information they provide to be, even when the information is incorrect, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 21, 2017·4 min readHumans Are Hard Wired to Follow the Path of Least ResistanceResearchers report the amount of effort needed to perform a task influences what we think we see.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 8, 2017·4 min readHow Does the Brain Make Perceptual Predictions Over Time?Researchers propose a new framework to help explain how the brain is able to make predictions.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 6, 2017·5 min read“I Feel For You”: Researchers Examine Mirror Touch SynesthesiaResearchers explore how some people can feel a physical sensation when they witness another person being touched.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 31, 2017·3 min readSinging Can Provide Understanding of Relationship Between Perceiving and DoingResearchers embark on new research in order to better understand the relationship between sensorimotor action and perception.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 26, 2017·4 min readLSD Alters Perception Via Serotonin ReceptorsA new study sheds light on how perception of meaning changes when a person is under the influence of LSD.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 18, 2017·4 min readAdoptees Advantaged By Birth Language MemoryA new study reports adoptees who had early life exposure to their native language may subconsciously retain retain fragments of the language structure, even if no conscious memory of the language remains.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 14, 2017·4 min readOur Senses Can’t Learn Under StressStress may impede perceptual learning and performance, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 6, 2017·4 min readNew Personality Model Sets Up How We See Ourselves, and How Others See UsA new model for identifying personality traits contrasts how people see themselves against how others see them.Read More