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Tag: PERCEPTION/AWARENESS
Lifestyle choices could slow familial frontotemporal dementia
Patients can influence outcomes despite a genetic diagnosis, study suggests
How does your body respond to feelings of moral outrage? It depends on your politics
When you see someone being unfair, disloyal or uncaring toward others, do you feel a sense of moral outrage in the form of a twisting stomach, pounding heart or flushing face? And is it possible that your body’s response depends…
How does your body respond to feelings of moral outrage? It depends on your politics
When you see someone being unfair, disloyal or uncaring toward others, do you feel a sense of moral outrage in the form of a twisting stomach, pounding heart or flushing face? And is it possible that your body’s response depends…
VR is not suited to visual memory?!
Development of IT that takes human characteristics into consideration
Adolescents’ view of family social standing correlates with mental health, life outcomes
Perception of high status is linked to easier transition to adulthood, UCI-led study finds
Ooh là là! Music evokes 13 key emotions. Scientists have mapped them
Music really is a universal language, according to a new study of how people in the U.S. and China respond to different genres of sounds.
Adolescents’ view of family social standing correlates with mental health, life outcomes
Perception of high status is linked to easier transition to adulthood, UCI-led study finds
Ooh là là! Music evokes 13 key emotions. Scientists have mapped them
Music really is a universal language, according to a new study of how people in the U.S. and China respond to different genres of sounds.
How can groups apologize sincerely? It’s going to cost them
A research team led by Professor OHTSUBO Yohsuke of Kobe University’s Graduate School of Humanities has been investigating how group apologies are perceived. Their results revealed that apologies that are costly for the apologizing organization are deemed to be more…
How to tell if a brain is awake
EEG may not always be a reliable reflection of consciousness
The link between drawing and seeing in the brain
How recognizing and drawing an object recruits the same neural representation
Watching TV makes us prefer thinner women
The more TV we watch the more we prefer thinner female bodies, according to a new comprehensive study on body image. The researchers are calling on TV and advertising bosses to show people of all shapes and sizes in order…
Watching TV makes us prefer thinner women
The more TV we watch the more we prefer thinner female bodies, according to a new comprehensive study on body image. The researchers are calling on TV and advertising bosses to show people of all shapes and sizes in order…
Poor sight causes people to overstep the mark
Visually-impaired risk falling by stepping higher and more slowly over objects
Poor sight causes people to overstep the mark
Visually-impaired risk falling by stepping higher and more slowly over objects
Scientists reveal the neural basis of confirmation bias
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC neuroscientists show why it is difficult to re-evaluate past judgments
Scientists reveal the neural basis of confirmation bias
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC neuroscientists show why it is difficult to re-evaluate past judgments
Dogs process numerical quantities in similar brain region as humans, study finds
Unique experiment explores canine ‘numerosity’
Animal-assisted interventions positive for people’s health but more research is needed
The impact of animal-assisted interventions for both patients and health services could be substantial, but more rigorous research is needed, says Dr Elena Ratschen and Professor Trevor Sheldon from the University of York. Dr Elena Ratschen from the Department of…
Dartmouth study finds conscious visual perception occurs outside the visual system
A Dartmouth study finds that the conscious perception of visual location occurs in the frontal lobes of the brain, rather than in the visual system in the back of the brain. The findings are published in Current Biology . The…
Dartmouth study finds conscious visual perception occurs outside the visual system
A Dartmouth study finds that the conscious perception of visual location occurs in the frontal lobes of the brain, rather than in the visual system in the back of the brain. The findings are published in Current Biology . The…
Here’s what police know about digital evidence
In today’s criminal justice system, a Play Station and iPhone are just as important pieces of evidence as eyewitness accounts. Yet, there isn’t a strong understanding as to how police officers identify digital evidence – everything from a laptop to…
Here’s what police know about digital evidence
In today’s criminal justice system, a Play Station and iPhone are just as important pieces of evidence as eyewitness accounts. Yet, there isn’t a strong understanding as to how police officers identify digital evidence – everything from a laptop to…
Training the brain: resilience program helps student-athletes adjust to college life
Research on UMass Amherst course shows resilience can be taught
Training the brain: resilience program helps student-athletes adjust to college life
Research on UMass Amherst course shows resilience can be taught
Brain differences detected in children with depressed parents
The largest brain imaging study of children ever conducted in the United States has revealed structural differences in the brains of those whose parents have depression. In Brief Depression is a common and debilitating mental health condition that typically arises…
Brain differences detected in children with depressed parents
The largest brain imaging study of children ever conducted in the United States has revealed structural differences in the brains of those whose parents have depression. In Brief Depression is a common and debilitating mental health condition that typically arises…
Earthquake risk perception: A picture is worth a thousand stats
Realistic images can be more effective than statistical data for persuading people to take action in support of seismic upgrades to schools, new University of British Columbia research suggests. Seismic engineers and psychologists from UBC teamed up with a visual…
Australian GPs widely offering placebos, new study finds
Active and inactive alternatives offered to patients
Earthquake risk perception: A picture is worth a thousand stats
Realistic images can be more effective than statistical data for persuading people to take action in support of seismic upgrades to schools, new University of British Columbia research suggests. Seismic engineers and psychologists from UBC teamed up with a visual…
Australian GPs widely offering placebos, new study finds
Active and inactive alternatives offered to patients
Approaching the perception of touch in the brain
Larger parts of the cerebral cortex than thought process tactile stimuli
Approaching the perception of touch in the brain
Larger parts of the cerebral cortex than thought process tactile stimuli
Excellent mental health for 2/3 of Indigenous people off reserve
Chronic pain, insomnia, poverty and lack of a post-secondary degree were impediments to flourishing. Social support was strongly associated with optimal mental health
Walking changes vision
How do we perceive our environment? What is the influence of sensory stimuli on the peripheral nervous system and what on the brain? Science has an interest in this question for many reasons. In the long term, insights from this…
Side effects mild, brief with single antidepressant dose of intravenous ketamine
Safety data analyzed from five NIH inpatient clinical trials
Side effects mild, brief with single antidepressant dose of intravenous ketamine
Safety data analyzed from five NIH inpatient clinical trials
Get over it? When it comes to recycled water, consumers won’t
UC Riverside study shows that, while people can come to appreciate recycled water’s benefits, they still don’t want to use it
AJ Drexel Autism Institute awarded grant for autism and criminal justice system
International Society for Autism Research policy brief grant will fund International Meeting in Philadelphia in 2020
AJ Drexel Autism Institute awarded grant for autism and criminal justice system
International Society for Autism Research policy brief grant will fund International Meeting in Philadelphia in 2020
Esports gamers face same level of psychological pressure as pro-athletes, study finds
Elite videogamers under as much stress as top-flight footballers and rugby players
Preterm children have similar temperament to children who were institutionally deprived
Children who are born preterm or at very low birth weight have similar temperament difficulties as children who were institutionally deprived early in life Researchers have found that a child’s temperament is sensitive to experiences in the early stages of…
Preterm children have similar temperament to children who were institutionally deprived
Children who are born preterm or at very low birth weight have similar temperament difficulties as children who were institutionally deprived early in life Researchers have found that a child’s temperament is sensitive to experiences in the early stages of…
Esports gamers face same level of psychological pressure as pro-athletes, study finds
Elite videogamers under as much stress as top-flight footballers and rugby players
An exception to the rule: An intact sense of smell without a crucial olfactory brain structure
A handful of left-handed women have excellent senses of smell, despite lacking olfactory bulbs
An exception to the rule: An intact sense of smell without a crucial olfactory brain structure
A handful of left-handed women have excellent senses of smell, despite lacking olfactory bulbs
The truth about misinformation
Research study reveals how to alter memories to protect consumers
The truth about misinformation
Research study reveals how to alter memories to protect consumers
The truth about misinformation
Research study reveals how to alter memories to protect consumers