Posts Tagged ‘perception’
Monkey-brained robot ‘sees’ with whiskers
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Researchers have fitted a robotic rat with a monkey brain model in order to increase the machine’s perception. Continue…
Thursday, January 26, 2012 18:26 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Jan 24, 2012 12:54 - 0 Comments
Signers quick to read body language
UC DAVIS (US) — Deaf people who use sign language can recognize and interpret body language more readily than hearing non-signers, a new study shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 19, 2011 13:44 - 0 Comments
Men leap, women look when deciding
U. WARWICK (UK) — When making judgements, men tend to see things in black and white, while women see them in shades of gray. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 15, 2011 13:49 - 0 Comments
Face it: Human perception isn’t unique
U. IOWA (US) — Humans aren’t the only ones who are able to recognize facial identity and emotional expression—pigeons can too. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 1, 2011 9:26 - 2 Comments
Women immune to sexual harassment?
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Sexual harassment is so common for women that they are able to build up a resistance to it—not unlike people build up immunity to an infection following exposure to a virus. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 16, 2010 17:11 - 3 Comments
What color is your rainbow? It depends
VANDERBILT (US) — A brain area known to play a critical role in vision is divided into compartments that respond separately to different colors and orientations. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 14, 2010 11:28 - 6 Comments
No breaking curveball? Say it ain’t so
USC (US) — No pitcher can make a curveball “break” or a fastball “rise.” What hitters—and fans—think they see is simply an illusion, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 23, 2010 11:53 - 4 Comments
Brain tells us to spurn the selfish
STANFORD (US)—It might seem like a no-brainer: We’re inclined to like generous people more than stingy ones. But what’s driving our feelings? (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 25, 2010 13:55 - 6 Comments
Mind-body connection is a touchy subject
YALE (US)—Through textures, shapes, weights, and temperatures, the sense of touch influences both thoughts and behavior, new research finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 21, 2010 12:00 - 13 Comments
Lonely? It all depends on your perception
U. ARIZONA (US)—Hoarding friends on Facebook—or followers on Twitter—won’t do much to stave off loneliness if those relationships lack any kind of strong connection, new research finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 27, 2010 12:30 - 4 Comments
Why our intuitions are often wrong
U. ILLINOIS (US)—We may think we’re a good judge of character, observant, and perceptive, but research by two psychologist suggests we’re almost certainly not as good at those skills as we think we are. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 14, 2010 15:29 - 40 Comments
Biracial faces voted most beautiful
CARDIFF (UK)—People of mixed race are perceived as being more attractive than non-mixed-race people, according to the largest study of its kind published in the journal Perception. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 30, 2009 13:43 - 6 Comments
Computer learns to think like a child
U. PENN (US)—Computer scientist Ben Taskar says one of the biggest stumbling blocks in terms of artificial intelligence is the fact that computers learn slower than children. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 23, 2009 18:24 - 2 Comments
Skin tone through a political lens
NYU (US)—Political beliefs may affect perceptions of skin tone. People perceive lighter skin tone to be more representative of a candidate with whom they share political ideology than darker skin tone, a new study finds. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 27, 2009 16:56 - 1 Comment
Break of curveball in eye of batter?
USC (US)—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. (more…)
Health & Medicine, Science & Technology - Oct 21, 2009 14:15 - 0 Comments
What do asteroids have to do with autism?
CORNELL (US)—A custom-built suite of science-fiction-themed video games may help researchers uncover clues to the chaotic nature of autism. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 2, 2009 18:10 - 0 Comments
Color plays musical chairs in the brain
U. CHICAGO (US)—What happens in the brain when a color loses the object to which it is linked—for instance, a pink flamingo or blue lake? For the first time, researchers have shown that instead of disappearing along with the lost object, the color latches onto a region of some other object in view, a finding that reveals a new basic property of sight. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 21, 2009 12:18 - 0 Comments
Nose keeps smells separated
When the participants received a different smell in each nostril at the same time, they were actually experiencing an “olfactory illusion,” says study coauthor Denise Chen. “Although both smells are equally present, the brain attends to predominantly one of them at a time.” (Courtesy: Rice University)
Science & Technology - Jul 6, 2009 12:49 - 0 Comments
Applying math to color our world
A. Kimball Romney’s recent research led to a mathematical visualization of cone photo receptor sensitivities. His work could advance efforts to display uniform, high-quality color in a variety of fields. (Credit: Daniel A. Anderson)
