Autistic children can outgrow difficulty understanding visual cues and sounds
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children appear to outgrow a critical social communication...
View ArticleLook at what I'm saying: Engineers show brain depends on vision to hear
University of Utah bioengineers discovered our understanding of language may depend more heavily on vision than previously thought: under the right conditions, what you see can override what you hear....
View ArticleBack of pack health warnings make little impact on teen smokers
Back of pack picture or text warnings depicting the dangers of smoking, make little impact on teen smokers, particularly those who smoke regularly, suggests research published online in Tobacco Control.
View ArticleBill Gates, five scientists win Lasker medical prizes
Two scientists who illuminated how brain cells communicate, three researchers who developed implants that let deaf people hear and philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates have won prestigious Lasker...
View ArticleNew study finds biomarker differentiating the inattentive and combined...
Using a common test of brain functioning, UC Davis researchers have found differences in the brains of adolescents with the inattentive and combined subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder...
View ArticleDirect link established between stimulus-response learning and substance abuse
Véronique Bohbot, PhD, neuroscientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, found that the region of the brain involved in stimulus-response learning is directly linked to the consumption...
View ArticleHormones impact stress, memories, and understanding social cues
Research released today demonstrates unexpected roles that sex hormones may play in the cognitive function of females, including memory and interpreting social cues. Additionally, a chemical identified...
View ArticleNew research reveals the secret to making a good first impression
How long do you have to make a good first impression? About half a second, new research has revealed. Scientists have discovered that humans make judgements on someone's trustworthiness within the...
View ArticleHuman brains 'hard-wired' to link what we see with what we do
Your brain's ability to instantly link what you see with what you do is down to a dedicated information 'highway', suggests new UCL-led research.
View ArticleA previously underappreciated brain region performs complex sequence learning
In the context of learning and memory, the primary visual cortex is the Rodney Dangerfield of cortical areas: It gets no respect. Also known as "V1," this brain region is the very first place where...
View ArticleReduced range of facial expression indicates serious heart, lung disease
Patients with serious heart and lung conditions don't have the normal range of facial expressions, particularly the ability to register surprise in response to emotional cues, finds preliminary...
View ArticleAthletes perform better when exposed to subliminal visual cues
New research has found that athletes who are exposed to subliminal visual cues during endurance exercise will perform significantly better.
View ArticleBabies can identify complex social situations and react accordingly
In the social world, people constantly gather information through visual cues that are used to evaluate others and interact. A new study from researchers at the University of Missouri determined that...
View ArticleFacial expression more important to conveying emotion in music than in speech
Regular concert-goers are used to seeing singers use expressive and often very dramatic facial expressions. Indeed, music and speech are alike in that they use both facial and acoustic cues to engage...
View ArticleCan you see what I hear? Blind human echolocators use visual areas of the brain
Certain blind individuals have the ability to use echoes from tongue or finger clicks to recognize objects in the distance, and some use echolocation as a replacement for vision. Research done by Dr....
View ArticleHow human vision perceives transparent layers
(Medical Xpress)—The adaptive advantage of the visual perception of transparency is obvious: the urgent need to find water. Thus, human vision is able to perceive two layers at the same retinal...
View ArticleResearch finds similar neural reactions among drinkers, abstainers
College students who are light alcohol drinkers or abstainers react the same when they see alcohol as those who drink regularly or binge drink, according to a researcher at The University of Alabama.
View ArticleCan we unconsciously 'hear' distance?
Because sound travels much more slowly than light, we can often see distant events before we hear them. That is why we can count the seconds between a lightning flash and its thunder to estimate their...
View ArticleVideo: Social interactions and the brain
Many animals, from insects to humans, are social. Their brains have evolved to be sensitive to sensory cues that carry social information, such as: speech sounds, pheromones and visual cues. But very...
View ArticleThe psychology of makeup
You are five years old, playing with your friends outside, when suddenly someone new appears. You size them up and realize they must be two or maybe even three years your senior. You give up your swing...
View ArticleYoung children respond better to pointing fingers than common symbols
The old adage that 'it's rude to point' might need a rethink after new research showed that young children struggle to make sense of common symbols like arrows, and respond best to a pointing finger to...
View ArticleWhat can Pavlov's dogs tell us about drinking?
Humans aren't much different from other animals. Just like Pavlov's dogs, we can become conditioned to associate environmental cues with rewards. Innocent enough when the sight of your sneakers makes...
View ArticleResearchers image effects of hunger on the brain's response to food cues
Our brain pays more attention to food when we are hungry than when we are sated. Now a team of scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has shed light on how the needs of the body affect the...
View ArticleThe role of physical environment in the 'broken windows' theory
For decades, the influential "broken windows" theory has linked signs of petty crime to bigger problems in a neighborhood. Largely left out of such discussions, however, is the role simple perceptual...
View ArticleIt's all in the eyes: Women and men really do see things differently
Women and men look at faces and absorb visual information in different ways, which suggests there is a gender difference in understanding visual cues, according to a team of scientists that included...
View ArticleWhy deaf people can have accents, too
Most people have probably encountered someone who appears to use lip-reading to overcome a hearing difficulty. But it is not as simple as that. Speech is "bimodal", in that we use both sounds and...
View ArticleVisual clues we use during walking and when we use them
(Medical Xpress)—A trio of researchers with the University of Texas and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has discovered which phase of visual information processing during human walking is used most to...
View Article5 no-calorie hunger busters
(HealthDay)—Psychology can play a big role in how much we eat.
View ArticleElectrical stimulation in brain bypasses senses, instructs movement
The brain's complex network of neurons enables us to interpret and effortlessly navigate and interact with the world around us. But when these links are damaged due to injury or stroke, critical tasks...
View ArticleAversion to holes driven by disgust, not fear, study finds
Trypophobia, commonly known as "fear of holes," is linked to a physiological response more associated with disgust than fear, finds a new study published in PeerJ.
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