Health
Kids and screen time: An expert offers advice for parents and teachers
How much time did your child spend looking at a screen today?
Apr 26, 2023
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News tagged with sensory environment
Neuroscience
Study shows that behavioral engagement could affect hippocampal place codes
The hippocampus is a region of the brain known to the associated with memory, learning, spatial navigation and emotion. In 1971, neuroscientists discovered that the hippocampus influences spatial navigation through the formation ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Understanding why some children enjoy TV more than others
Children's own temperament could be driving the amount of TV they watch—according to new research from the University of East Anglia and Birkbeck, University of London.
Aug 5, 2020
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Autism spectrum disorders
How autism-friendly architecture can change autistic children's lives
Imagine wearing a hearing aid on its highest setting and being unable to make any adjustment. You can hear the speech of the person next to you—but, at the same volume, you hear birdsong through an open window, the air ...
Jul 31, 2019
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Health
Virtual reality could improve your balance, study finds
Vision changes can entail major problems in everyday life. To a high degree, vision affects our ability to keep our balance, and balance affects our ability to move around.
Mar 19, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How flashing lights and catchy tunes make gamblers take more risks
Lights and sounds coming from electronic gambling machines – also known as EGMs, pokies or slots – contribute to their addictive potential according to new research published today.
Oct 30, 2018
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Neuroscience
Coupling of movement and vision
In a study published in Cell, Georg Keller and his group shed light on neural circuits in the cortex that underlie the integration of movement and visual feedback. They identified a mechanism in the visual cortex responsible ...
Jun 22, 2017
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover how we sense 'stiffness'
Every day, people use their hands effortlessly to assess an object's stiffness, like the ripeness of a piece of fruit. For the first time an international team of scientists led by University College London, have discovered ...
Oct 13, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Virtual reality study finds our perception of our body and environment affects how we feel
Whether we feel scared or pleased in an environment and how we explore it is down to our combined perception of space and of our bodies, according to new research conducted in a virtual reality environment. The study, published ...
Oct 13, 2016
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Neuroscience
A two-way street between temperature sensing, brain activity
Nagoya University researchers reveal how perceived external information is converted into a succession of neural activities that are crucial for appropriate navigation in an environment
Mar 22, 2016
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