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If you are crossing an unfamiliar room in the dark, you may grope around a bit to get a sense of your space. But for many animals, feeling out a space comes more naturally. A mouse, for instance, can efficiently navigate ...
Jul 7, 2026
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Because video games are a regular part of many people's everyday lives, researchers have spent a lot of time trying to determine whether they are beneficial or detrimental to brain health. A new study, published in Acta Psychologica, ...
As Toronto hosts the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the city is welcoming large crowds, international visitors and volunteers into stadiums, transit hubs, fan spaces and public areas. For many people, the World Cup is about soccer, ...
Jun 16, 2026
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When was the last time you paid attention to your commute? And I don't mean a couple of feet in front of you, at the car merging into your lane without a blinker. I mean really paid attention to the route you take.
May 11, 2026
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Some blind people use returning echoes from their own mouth clicks to perceive external surroundings, or echolocation. New from eNeuro, Haydee Garcia Lazaro and Santani Teng, from Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, ...
Apr 6, 2026
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Imagine arriving at a busy location with people moving around and a multitude of visual and other sensory cues vying for your attention. How does the brain integrate such floods of sensory information and reach a decision ...
Mar 5, 2026
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New research from the University of Sydney links fatty, sugary diets to impaired brain function. The findings build on a growing body of evidence showing the negative impact of high-fat, high-sugar (HFHS) diets on cognitive ...
Apr 21, 2025
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A good night's sleep helps us remember recently learned information, "engraving" our memories. This is also true for animals, as remembering, for example, the location of food resources is essential for their survival. Scientists ...
Mar 24, 2025
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When we communicate with other people face-to-face, we do so by maintaining a certain physical distance from each other. This space surrounding our body while interacting is called the interpersonal space (IPS), and maintaining ...
Apr 3, 2024
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The way parents interact with their children during playtime strongly influences the development of spatial skills—a predictor of success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Oct 10, 2023
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