Neuroscience
Language recognition found to be as much about brains as it is about hearing
How well we understand spoken language may depend more on our brains than our ears.
Oct 3, 2023
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Cognition
Psychology & Psychiatry
Which is easier to remember, symbols or words?
Everyday symbols like &?!#@$ are highly memorable, according to new research.
Aug 22, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why people struggle to believe that animals are capable of feelings
Scientific advances are forever revealing signs of sophisticated mental capacities in animals that were once thought to be uniquely human—in particular that animals are "sentient," capable of feeling emotions, and experiencing ...
Mar 20, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Examining children's and adults' reasoning about the nature of villains
Whether it's on television or in a movie, we love the villain.
Dec 20, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Examining the roots of improvisation and creativity in professional jazz musicians
World-renowned jazz musicians are often praised for their creative ingenuity. But how do they make up improvisations? And what makes artists' solos more enticing than those of less skilled players? These questions continue ...
Nov 18, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New insights on the significance of willpower to self-control
In Greek mythology, the story of Odysseus and the Sirens illustrates a paradigmatic example of self-control.
Aug 10, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why it isn't always your fault when you can't remember
Most of us have experienced the embarrassment of forgetting to do that important thing we promised someone we would do. Sometimes you did everything you could to remember, yet it still slipped your mind.
Jun 7, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The power of learning from experience
In a first study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the University of the Balearic Islands analyzed the development of research on statistical reasoning from a historical perspective. In ...
Dec 3, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New research casts doubt on claims that people have 'rose-tinted glasses'
A new study casts doubt over claims that people are 'optimistically biased' about the future, a tendency that is thought to contribute to financial crises, people's failure to look after their health, or inaction over climate ...
Oct 28, 2021
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Neuroscience
Infants recognize rapid images, just like adults
It has previously been reported that the human visual system has a temporal limitation in processing visual information when perceiving things that occur less than half a second apart. This temporal deficit is known as 'attentional ...
May 21, 2021
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