A study led by the University of Southampton has found there is no difference in the time it takes people from different countries to read and process different languages.
Feb 1, 2016
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People experiencing anxiety and inhibition have more activity in the right side of the brain, causing them to walk in a leftward trajectory.
Jan 19, 2016
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Researchers have long known that adults can flexibly find new ways to communicate, for example, using smoke signals or Morse code to communicate at a distance, but a new Northwestern University study is the first to show ...
Nov 2, 2015
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In a series of experiments recently published in Cognition, researchers from Interacting Minds Centre at Aarhus University, Peer Christensen, Riccardo Fusaroli and Kristian Tylén, show that novel communication systems reflect ...
Sep 30, 2015
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Words are symbols that help humans communicate. The link between words and what they refer to is, with very few exceptions, arbitrary. Many of the words that we currently use ("table," "dog," "mug," etc) could easily have ...
Sep 23, 2015
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Aging is associated with significant decline in cognitive functions. But does this translate into poorer decision making? Psychologists from the University of Basel and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development report ...
Jun 1, 2015
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If you're a musician, this sounds too good to be true: University of Chicago psychologists have been able to train some adults to develop the prized musical ability of absolute pitch, and the training's effects last for months.
May 28, 2015
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Different languages can have subtly different effects on the way we think and perceive, a phenomenon known as linguistic relativity. In a new paper in the journal Cognition, researcher Monique Flecken from the Max Planck ...
May 27, 2015
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When it comes to rewards and punishments, which is more effective—the carrot or the stick?
May 6, 2015
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Three leading cognitive scientists from Carnegie Mellon University are questioning the gender representation of invited contributors in the special February 2015 issue, "The Changing Face of Cognition," published by the international ...
Apr 9, 2015
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