Seeing an object at the same time that you hear sound coming from somewhere else can lead to the "ventriloquist illusion" and its aftereffect, but research suggests that simply imagining the object produces the same illusory ...
Apr 12, 2018
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A brain network previously associated with daydreaming has been found to play an important role in allowing us to perform tasks on autopilot. Scientists at the University of Cambridge showed that far from being just 'background ...
Oct 23, 2017
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If you participate in a study in my lab, the Huettel Lab at Duke, you may be asked to play an economic game.
Mar 31, 2017
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Judges and juries always ponder whether people act "knowingly" or "recklessly" during criminal activity—and neuroscience has had little to add to the conversation.
Mar 13, 2017
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Scientists have mapped the structural changes that occur in teenagers' brains as they develop, showing how these changes may help explain why the first signs of mental health problems often arise during late adolescence.
Jul 25, 2016
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(Medical Xpress)—Newly released research findings from University of Utah neuroscientists assert that there is no evidence within brain imaging that indicates some people are right-brained or left-brained.
Aug 15, 2013
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University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have found human brains 'divide and conquer' when people learn to navigate around new environments.
Jul 18, 2013
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Kick back and shut your eyes. Now stop thinking. You have just put your brain into what neuroscientists call its resting state. What the brain is doing when an individual is not focused on the outside world has become the ...
Jun 19, 2013
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It is possible to tell who a person is thinking about by analyzing images of his or her brain. Our mental models of people produce unique patterns of brain activation, which can be detected using advanced imaging techniques ...
Mar 5, 2013
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Researchers have come up with a device that may enable people who are completely unable to speak or move at all to nevertheless manage unscripted back-and-forth conversation. The key to such silent and still communication ...
Jun 28, 2012
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