A new study examined the mechanisms of the Flashed Face Distortion Effect, finding that the effect is greatly diminished when ...
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When presenting a property for sale, first impressions are everything. The way a home is styled, particularly the furniture, can influence how potential buyers perceive the space The post How ...
Donald Hoffman is a professor of cognitive sciences at the University of California, Irvine. His research interests span visual perception, artificial intelligence, evolutionary psychology and the ...
Ron Mueck’s sculptures are known for being psychologically evocative. His work is now on display at the Art Gallery of New ...
Your brain might have a hidden neural layer that puts you in touch with the same “figures” during altered states of ...
An ambitious effort to create a paradigm explaning near-death experiences has failed to capture many fascinating and often perplexing aspects of people’s brushes with death, top University of Virginia ...
Understanding how the brain creates conscious experience remains one of science’s most difficult challenges. Brain scans and ...
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We don't precisely know how the physical matter in our brains translates into thoughts, sensations, and feelings. But an ...