Neuroscience
Neuroscience study finds 'hidden' thoughts in visual part of brain
How much control do you have over your thoughts? What if you were specifically told not to think of something—like a pink elephant?
Sep 21, 2020
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Neuroscience
Vision scientist says evolution has trained humans to construct reality, rather than to see the world as it truly is
Perception is not objective reality. Case in point: The above image is stationary and flat …just try telling your brain that. In his new book, The Case Against Reality, UCI cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman applies this ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Your brain suppresses perception of heartbeat, for your own good
EPFL researchers have discovered that the human brain suppresses the sensory effects of the heartbeat. They believe that this mechanism prevents internal sensations from interfering with the brain's perception of the external ...
May 4, 2016
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Visual intelligence is not the same as IQ
Just because someone is smart and well-motivated doesn't mean he or she can learn the visual skills needed to excel at tasks like matching fingerprints, interpreting medical X-rays, keeping track of aircraft on radar displays ...
Nov 8, 2017
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Scientists discover speed of visual perception ranges widely in humans
Using a blink-and-you'll-miss-it experiment, researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that individuals differ widely in the rate at which they perceive visual signals. Some people perceive a rapidly changing ...
Apr 1, 2024
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Babies can see things that adults cannot
We can generally recognize an object, even if it is presented for a very brief time. However, if another object appears immediately following the first object, the perception on the first object is impaired such that we do ...
Jun 25, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds our visual world of color is largely incorrect
Color awareness has long been a puzzle for researchers in neuroscience and psychology, who debate over how much color observers really perceive. A study from Dartmouth in collaboration with Amherst College finds that people ...
Jun 8, 2020
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Neuroscience
Overturning widely held ideas: Visual attention drawn to meaning, not what stands out
Our visual attention is drawn to parts of a scene that have meaning, rather than to those that are salient or "stick out," according to new research from the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. ...
Sep 25, 2017
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Middle-age memory decline a matter of changing focus
The inability to remember details, such as the location of objects, begins in early midlife (the 40s) and may be the result of a change in what information the brain focuses on during memory formation and retrieval, rather ...
Jul 12, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Learning a second language alters sensory perception, study finds
Learning a second language can change the way our senses work together to interpret speech, according to a new Northwestern University study.
May 14, 2018
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