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Tweet this: Rapid-fire media may confuse your moral compass

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Emotions linked to our moral sense awaken slowly in the mind, according to a new study from a neuroscience group led by corresponding author Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University ...





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Looming sounds boost visual perception

Looming sounds boost visual perception

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it’s the sound of a speeding car approaching from out of the blue, or the faint echo of footsteps following you along a dark street, such looming sounds not only make our ears prick ...


'Mind's eye' influences visual perception

'Mind's eye' influences visual perception

Biology /

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (41) | comments 7

Letting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that mental imagery—what we see with the "mind's eye"—directly impacts ...


A direct gaze enhances face perception

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 13, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Gaze direction is significant for the processing of visual information from the human face. Researchers in an Academy of Finland funded research project have discovered that the visual system of the brain processes another ...


Looking for the origins of music in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Music serves as a natural and non-invasive intervention for patients with severe neurological disorders to promote long-term memory, social interaction and communication. However, there is currently no plausible explanation ...


The neurobiology of musicality related to the intrinsic attachment behavior?

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Music is social communication between individuals -- humming of lullabies attach infant to parent and singing or playing music adds croup cohesion. The neurobiology of music perception and production is likely to be related ...


How the brain separates audio signals from noise

Biology /

created Jun 10, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (18) | comments 3

How are we able to follow a single conversation in the midst of a crowded and noisy room? Little is known about how the human brain accomplishes the seemingly simple task of extracting meaningful signals from noisy acoustic ...


Psychologist explores perception of fear in human sweat

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

When threatened, many animals release chemicals as a warning signal to members of their own species, who in turn react to the signals and take action. Research by Rice University psychologist Denise Chen suggests a similar ...


Visual Circuit

Study suggests human visual system could make powerful computer

Technology / Other

created Jul 23, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 2

Since the idea of using DNA to create faster, smaller, and more powerful computers originated in 1994, scientists have been scrambling to develop successful ways to use genetic code for computation. Now, new ...


Car fronts at face value

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Do people attribute certain personality traits or emotions to car fronts? If so, could this have implications for driving and pedestrian behavior? Truls Thorstensen (EFS Consulting Vienna), Karl Grammer (Ludwig Boltzmann ...


Read my lips: Using multiple senses in speech perception (Video)

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When someone speaks to you, do you see what they are saying? We tend to think of speech as being something we hear, but recent studies suggest that we use a variety of senses for speech perception - that the brain treats ...



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