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Women who are young, “conventionally attractive” and appear and act feminine are more likely to be believed when making accusations of sexual harassment, a new…
Activity of brain network linked to changes in connectedness for both sleep and anesthesia. The loss and return of consciousness is linked to the same…
The proliferation of face coverings to keep COVID-19 in check isn’t keeping kids from understanding facial expressions, according to a new study by University of…
The identification of people wearing masks has often presented a unique challenge during the pandemic. A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the…
Researchers provide the first physiological evidence that a foundational center of the brain influences how sound is processed, identify a previously unknown neural circuit. For…
At a time when nativism is on the rise, study reveals the universality of human emotional expression. Whether at a birthday party in Brazil, a…
Do neural networks dream visual illusions? This is the question studied by researchers at the Department of Information and Communication Technologies, led by Marcelo Bertalmío…
While in Paris in the 1990s, Georgie briefly watched a professional photographer taking pictures of kids playing in a small park near Les Halles and…
Bringing neuroscience out of the laboratory and into the concert hall. We all know that moment when we’re in the car, at a concert or…
In a National Institutes of Health-funded study involving both mice and patients who are part of an NIH Clinical Center trial, researchers discovered that a…
Our brains can’t always reliably evaluate experiences that unfold over time We tend to give disproportionate weight to the later part of an experience This…
Dopamine, serotonin involved in sub-second perception, cognition. In first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of researchers has revealed two well-known neurochemicals —…
Time-sensitive neurons fatigue and skew our perception of time. On some days, time flies by, while on others it seems to drag on. A new…
Two major theories have fueled a now 1,500 year-long debate started by Saint Augustine: Is consciousness continuous, where we are conscious at each single point…
Our sense of who we are is thought to be influenced by things like our childhood experiences, our interactions with others, and now, researchers say,…
Our brains have an upper limit on how much they can process at once due to a constant but limited energy supply, according to a…
What is real can seem pretty arbitrary. It’s easy to be fooled by misinformation disguised as news and deepfake videos showing people doing things they…
The fear that people developed at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak has given way to anger over the course of the pandemic, a study…