Feel Years Younger by Sticking to This One Habit [Study]

Medicine & Technology Apr 03, 2024

Having enough sleep will make one feel years younger, according to a new study. Continue reading to learn more.

Human Brain May Be Biased in Perceiving Sounds When Heard From the Left Side, Study Reveals

May 22, 2023

Neuroscientists found that the brain has a strange bias in perceiving voices from the left ear. Read the article to know more details.

Food Psychology: Color of Dishware Can Trick the Brain Into How a Food Would Taste

Dec 02, 2022

Psychologists found that the color of bowls and plates can influence the taste perception of some people of their food. Read the article to learn more.

Viral Dress 2015 Trends Again; Is It Blue & Black or White & Gold? Color Perception Explained

Nov 23, 2022

In 2015, "the dress" disrupted people's understanding of color and took science for two years to explain the concept behind it. Take a look back on this viral trend that is making its way back this year and learn how people perceive colors differently through this article.

Mother Claims Seeing Figure of Jesus in Pith of Clementine; When Does Pareidolia Occur? Is It Normal?

Oct 21, 2022

The mother-of-five seems to have experienced pareidolia upon seeing a figure of Jesus Christ in the pith of clementine. Read the article to know what this phenomenon could mean to a person's mental health.

Pandemic Has Changed the Way People Perceive Time: Physical Distancing, Memories of Intense Feelings Seemingly Slow Down Days

Dec 31, 2021

Stressful moments in life, such as the COVID-19 pandemic can change the way people perceive time as emotions are a big factor in how fast or slow time passes. But there are ways to help the mind back on its track.

Bias Tells Who Looks Alike: Perception of Face Identity Influenced by Prior Knowledge of Personalities

Sep 02, 2021

A new study from Psychologists at New York University shows that those who believe that any two individuals have the same personality also perceive them to have similar faces.

Paradoxical Relationship: New Study Shows Link Between Intensity of Emotions and How Others Perceive It

Jun 03, 2021

An international research group recently discovered a paradoxical relationship between emotions and how they are perceived.

Why Do Cats Love to Sit on Squares, Even on Imaginary Ones?

May 08, 2021

A study suggests that cats too can be fooled by optical illusions. They love sitting on squares too much that they tend to sit even on 2D squares.

Depression Alters Processing of Visual Information According to Study

Mar 29, 2021

Researchers studied the correlation of depression to visual perception which they said is linked to differences in information processing in the cerebral cortex.

Are There 11 or 17 Colors in This Picture? Science Explains Confusing Optical Illusion

Feb 11, 2021

An optical illusion posted on Twitter is making a buzz on the internet these days, confusing many people. Here's what science says about it.

What Would Happen if You and A Friend Swapped Bodies?

Aug 27, 2020

A team of Swedish researchers conducted a body swapping experiment to see how people's perception of self could change. They observed that body swapping with a friend could cause people to have impaired memory about themselves.

Optogenetics in Visual Perception Trickery

Jul 23, 2019

New York City scientists manipulate mice nerve cells to let it see lines that are not actually there.

#DressGate Continues-What Researchers Are Saying About the Social Media Phenom

May 15, 2015

We know, you thought the whole The Dress thing was over-and you were glad. But rather than being a simple Internet meme on the scale of dancing babies and funny cats, The Dress is helping neuroscientists understand the way that the human brain perceives and thinks. Three research papers discussion cognition and perception in light of The Dress have just been published in Current Biology.