News tagged with perceptual system
Study shows limits on brain's ability to perceive multifeatured objects
New research sheds light on how the brain encodes objects with multiple features, a fundamental task for the perceptual system. The study, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Scienc ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 14, 2013 |
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Causation warps our perception of time
You push a button to call the elevator to your floor and you wait for what seems like forever, thinking it must be broken. When your friend pushes the button, the elevator appears within 10 seconds. "She must have the magic ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 30, 2012 |
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Smelling a skunk after a cold: Brain changes after a stuffed nose protect the sense of smell
Has a summer cold or mold allergy stuffed up your nose and dampened your sense of smell? We take it for granted that once our nostrils clear, our sniffers will dependably rebound and alert us to a lurking ...
Neuroscience
Aug 12, 2012 |
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Sound and vision work hand in hand, psychologists report
Our senses of sight and hearing work closely together, perhaps more than people realize, a new UCLA psychology study shows.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2011 |
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