Posts Tagged ‘perception’
Bonding with avatar can shift perception
PENN STATE / U. MICHIGAN (US) — People who customized an avatar and saw it wearing a backpack overestimated the heights of virtual hills, just as people in real life tend to overestimate heights and distances while carrying extra weight. Continue…
Thursday, May 2, 2013 12:26 - 2 Comments
Society & Culture - Apr 24, 2013 8:58 - 0 Comments
With a posse, threats seem less scary
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Like hyenas, humans perceive threats as closer than they really are. But mix in others from their group, and that misperception disappears. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 3, 2013 12:40 - 5 Comments
Exercise or diet? How to shed extra weight
U. MICHIGAN (US) — If losing weight is one of your New Year’s resolutions, the first step may be to ask yourself if diet or exercise is more important to success. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 11, 2012 10:52 - 4 Comments
Perception differs for grody vs. threatening
NYU/CORNELL (US) — We’re likely to see threatening objects as closer to us than they really are, but the same effect doesn’t apply when we’re grossed out, new research shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 24, 2012 10:57 - 18 Comments
Body’s ‘pre-feelings’ may detect the future
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Your body may anticipate what’s going to happen—even before your brain has an inkling of what’s to come, researchers report. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 17, 2012 14:47 - 2 Comments
Scary stuff seems bigger when self-esteem is low
RUTGERS (US) — For people with high self-esteem, hills literally seem less steep and scary objects less threatening. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 26, 2012 18:26 - 0 Comments
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. (more…)
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 - 43 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 - 11 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…)
