http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The answer to the question of whose curveball breaks harder -- that of the Yankees' A.J. Burnett or the Phillies' Cole Hamels -- may be neither. http://www.physorg.com/news175872377.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:27:17 EST news175872377 (PhysOrg.com) -- Caspar Hare would like you to try a thought experiment. Consider that 100,000 people around the world tomorrow will suffer epileptic seizures. "That probably doesn't trouble you tremendously," says Hare, an associate professor in MIT's Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. http://www.physorg.com/news175767654.html Other Sciences Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:22:07 EST news175767654 (PhysOrg.com) -- Since 2000, John Pendry's work on metamaterials has been at the van guard of efforts to create a perfect image - images with perfect resolution that can stem from light being moved in odd directions to create, among other tricks of the light, the illusion of invisibility. http://www.physorg.com/news173421185.html Physics Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:33:33 EST news173421185 Your nostrils may seem to be a happy pair, working together to pick up scents. However, a study published online on August 20th in Current Biology reveals that there can actually be a kind of rivalry between the two. http://www.physorg.com/news169993741.html Biology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:40:02 EST news169993741 (PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you`re a lefty or righty, chances are you never thought your dominant hand played a role in the decisions you make. But what may seem as an unimportant trait might actually influence everything from what cereal you buy to whom you vote for, according to a study by Daniel Casasanto, who conducted the research as a postdoctoral scholar in psychology at Stanford. http://www.physorg.com/news168797115.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:06:16 EST news168797115 (PhysOrg.com) -- Science fiction and fantasy tales are full of the ability to "cloak" characters with invisibility. Whether it is a spaceship with a cloaking device, or a young wizard with an invisibility cloak, the interest in rendering someone or something invisible captures our fancy. Scientists have succeeded in creating the illusion of invisibility by bending light around a region for concealment. These types of devices have limitations, however; one of these limitation that the device normally has to be touching the object to be rendered invisible - or in very close proximity. http://www.physorg.com/news166350509.html Physics Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:00:02 EST news166350509 For Mark Changizi, it`s all in the eyes. http://www.physorg.com/news165847500.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:45:34 EST news165847500 Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated for the first time rhesus monkeys and humans share a specific perceptual mechanism, configural perception, for discriminating among the numerous faces they encounter daily. The study, reported in the June 25 online issue of Current Biology, provides insight into the evolution of the critical human social skill of facial recognition, which enables us to form relationships and interact appropriately with others. http://www.physorg.com/news165152366.html Biology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:39:56 EST news165152366 Researchers at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN) at Rutgers University in Newark have identified the need to develop a new framework for understanding "perceptual stability" and how we see the world with their discovery that visual input obtained during eye movements is being processed by the brain but blocked from awareness. http://www.physorg.com/news163177022.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:57:24 EST news163177022 Science has proven what baseball players have known for more than a hundred years, the curve ball is more powerful than the brain. http://www.physorg.com/news162571770.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 15:49:59 EST news162571770 (PhysOrg.com) -- Visual illusions sometimes seem to have a magical element to them, but they're actually just the brain's way of interpreting reality. In an effort to promote public knowledge of cognitive research, as well as medical discoveries of sensory and cognitive experience, the Neural Correlate Society hosted its 5th annual "Best Visual Illusion of the Year" Contest last Sunday evening, May 10th, at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida. The Mind Science Foundation sponsored the event. http://www.physorg.com/news161439770.html Medicine & Health Wed, 13 May 2009 13:23:16 EST news161439770 Patients with schizophrenia are able to correctly see through an illusion known as the 'hollow mask' illusion, probably because their brain disconnects 'what the eyes see' from what 'the brain thinks it is seeing', according to a joint UK and German study published in the journal NeuroImage. The findings shed light on why cannabis users may also be less deceived by the illusion whilst on the drug. http://www.physorg.com/news158233171.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:40:41 EST news158233171 Many people view a rise in their income as a good thing, even when the increase is completely negated again by inflation. Researchers at Bonn University and the California Institute of Technology have discovered the cerebro-physiological cause underlying this so-called "money illusion." This effect is of great practical relevance in that it explains, for instance, why financial policy and inflation can have a beneficial effect on employment and economic growth. http://www.physorg.com/news157048381.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:33:41 EST news157048381 Although the Society for Human Resource Management reports that 97 percent of U.S. companies have a written sexual harassment policy, a recent University of Missouri study indicates that those policies might not be effective in preventing workplace harassment. Researchers in the MU College of Arts and Science examined the way individuals define and explain their understanding of flirting and sexual harassment in an organizational setting. The researchers found that individuals' perceptions and their understanding are not always a perfect match. http://www.physorg.com/news156706040.html Other Sciences Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:27:51 EST news156706040 Ever get a little motion sick from an illusion graphic designed to look like it's moving? A new study suggests that these illusions do more than trick the eye; they may also convince the brain that the graphic is actually moving. http://www.physorg.com/news152816091.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:55:49 EST news152816091 Cognitive neuroscientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet (KI) have succeeded in making subjects perceive the bodies of mannequins and other people as their own. The findings are published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, December 3. http://www.physorg.com/news147443968.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:39:28 EST news147443968 Neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have discovered a direct link between eye motions and the perception of illusory motion that solves a 200-year-old debate. http://www.physorg.com/news146422347.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:52:27 EST news146422347 When viewing the famous optical illusion painting Enigma by Isia Leviant, many people claim to see motion within the colored circles moving against the black and white striped background. Although this optical illusion has been known for a long time, its physiological origins are still unknown. http://www.physorg.com/news145621013.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:16:53 EST news145621013 Anyone who has seen an optical illusion can recall the quirky moment when you realize that the image being perceived is different from objective reality. Now, a team of scientists from MIT, Harvard and McGill has designed a new illusion involving the sense of touch, which is helping to glean new insights into perception and how different senses -such as touch and sight -work together. http://www.physorg.com/news135517684.html Biology Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:48:04 EST news135517684