FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 10, 2016·3 min readModerate Video Game Playing Enhances Perception and Attention SkillsA new study reports people who play video games for a few hours a week are able to process visual information more accurately than those who don't.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 9, 2016·5 min readWould We Lie To You? Children’s Perceptions Get More Nuanced With AgeA new study as children get older, their moral evaluations of both lies and truths is increasingly influenced by whether they think this behavior will cause harm to either others or themselves.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 8, 2016·4 min readMetaphors Bias Perceptions of Scientific DiscoveryAccording to a new study, metaphors can influence our perceptions of the quality of an idea and the ability of the idea's creator.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 6, 2016·4 min readFace Identification Accuracy Impaired by Poor SleepA new study reveals how poor sleep can affect the accuracy of facial recognition.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 8, 2016·4 min readLinking Perception to ActionResearchers map the neural activation that occurs during the delay between sensation and action.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosVisual Neuroscience·August 26, 2016·3 min readA Visual Nudge Can Disrupt Recall of What Things Look LikeAccording to researchers, interfering with vision makes it harder to describe what you know about the appearance of common objects.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·August 22, 2016·3 min readWatching a Lot of TV Makes People More Susceptible to Everyday MythsIrrespective of age, education level or gender, those who watch a lot of television are more likely to be susceptible to everyday myths, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 13, 2016·4 min readHumans Perceive Time Somewhere in Between Reality and Our ExpectationsResearchers report people anticipate future occurrences of stimuli in line with expected patterns, but the perceived accuracy of the response differs from reality when the stimuli is either accelerated or delayed.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 30, 2016·4 min readCan Neuroscience Help Identify Quick Language Learners?Resting state brain activity may predict how quickly people are able to pick up a second language, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 4, 2016·2 min readBrain Prevents Anxiety by Suppressing Perception of HeartbeatIn order to reduce anxiety, the human brain suppresses the sensory effects of the heartbeat, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 19, 2016·4 min readHow Much Do We Really See?A new study reports our vision only reflects the gist of what we see.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·April 16, 2016·5 min readA New System for Color VisionResearchers have discovered a mechanism of color vision that could answer long standing questions, such as why a dimly lit night sky has a bluish cast.Read More