The clear, colorful rays of light characteristic of precious metals and jewels give us a rich sense of their quality. This is due to our ability to perceive materials, which provides an estimate of the surface condition and ...
Jun 11, 2018
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Learning a second language can change the way our senses work together to interpret speech, according to a new Northwestern University study.
May 14, 2018
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For decades, the neuroscience community has been baffled by the existence of dense connections in the brain that seem to be going "backwards." These connections, which span extensively across distant areas of the neocortex, ...
Apr 16, 2018
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Deep neural networks (DNNs), which have been developed with reference to the network structures and the operational algorithms of the brain, have achieved notable success in a broad range of fields, including computer vision, ...
Mar 20, 2018
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If a brief event in our surroundings is about to happen, it is probably better not to blink during that moment. A team of researchers at the Centre for Cognitive Science from Technische Universität Darmstadt published a ...
Feb 16, 2018
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Most people think of vision as simply a function of information the eye gathers - what the eye alone sees.
Jan 3, 2018
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Ten-week-old babies can learn from practising walking months before they begin walking themselves say researchers. They gave the infants experience at "reflex walking" which is a primitive instinct in babies which disappears ...
Dec 14, 2017
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Cognitive psychologists of the Higher School of Economics have experimentally demonstrated that people are capable of estimating the mean size of visible objects and their approximate number simultaneously, showing for the ...
Nov 16, 2017
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Ever sleep poorly and then walk out of the house without your keys? Or space out on the highway and nearly hit a stalled car?
Nov 6, 2017
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Farsighted preschoolers and kindergartners have a harder time paying attention and that could put them at risk of slipping behind in school, a new study suggests.
Oct 10, 2017
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