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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
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