FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 17, 2023·4 min readBroken Promises: Children as Young as 3 Can Detect Bad ExcusesWhen it comes to broken promises, children between the ages of 3 to 5 can detect whether the excuse is good or bad.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 6, 2023·3 min readThe Brain’s Ability to Perceive Space Expands Like the UniverseTime spent in a novel environment causes neural representations to grow in a surprising way.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·January 6, 2023·4 min readThe Power of Lines and Strokes: How Our Brain Recognizes Line DrawingsPerception of objects is robust to changes in our environment.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 23, 2022·4 min readBody Pitch and Movement Distort PerceptionThe failure to accurately sense body orientation relative to gravity may result in inappropriate movements or falls, as well as impair daily functions such as walking or carrying objects.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 20, 2022·3 min readExamining Children’s and Adults’ Reasoning About the Nature of VillainsBoth children and adults are more likely to consider villains as having inwardly good qualities than heroes having inwardly bad qualities.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·December 13, 2022·3 min readA Handy Lesson About Pain and the Brain in Stroke SurvivorsFollowing a stroke, chronic pain can alter body perception and trick the brain into believing the affected hand is a different size. This increases the risk of accidents.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 30, 2022·4 min readA Crucial Role of Brain’s Striatum Cilia in Time PerceptionDestruction or removal of the cilia in the striatum impairs time perception and judgment, new research suggests. The findings could have implications for a range of diseases including schizophrenia, ASD, and Parkinson's.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 28, 2022·4 min readHow Working Memory Provides a Link Between Perception and Anticipated ActionWorking memory stores different types of information in flexible codes which provide optimal outcomes for all possible courses of action.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·November 22, 2022·4 min readCould We Train Our Brains to See New Colors?Researchers question if our brains can take in three primary color inputs and turn them into the range of different colors we can see, could a little bit more mental work result in us unlocking different hues?Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 31, 2022·4 min readMapping the Path From Smell to PerceptionA new brain map charts the way sensory information is routed between olfactory-processing areas of the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·October 18, 2022·5 min readHow the Brain Separates Perception From MemoryWhile previous studies point to an overlap between perception and memory, a new study finds the two are systematically different.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 15, 2022·4 min readDo We Perceive Colors Differently Depending on the Language We Speak?Color perception can be affected by cultural influences, learning experiences, and our mother tongue.Read More