Being able to identify a smell or flavour appears to be the most important factor in how some synesthetes 'see' them, according to a study just published in the journal Cognitive Neuroscience.
Oct 15, 2015
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A face with an emotionally charged expression, especially if the emotion is anger, can influence the course of our actions, according to a study by the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste published ...
Oct 8, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one," sang John Lennon in his 1971 song Imagine.
Aug 28, 2014
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For our brain, animate and inanimate objects belong to different categories and any information about them is stored and processed by different networks. A study by Raffaella Rumiati from SISSA, Andrea Carnaghi from the University ...
Jan 27, 2014
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No matter how different they seem—the learned and contemplative neuroscientist versus the toy orangutan with a penchant for off-color jokes—almost any adult who experiences them knows that Princeton University professor ...
Jan 10, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—The brain's prefrontal cortex is thought to be the seat of cognitive control, working as a kind of filter that keeps irrelevant thoughts, perceptions and memories from interfering with a task at hand.
Mar 14, 2013
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