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The brain’s pathways to imagination may hold the key to altruistic behavior: When we see people in trouble, we also imagine how we can help before we act

July 13, 2019 Behavior, Brain Injury, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Intelligence, Neuroscience, Perception, psychology, Social Psychology

In those split seconds when people witness others in distress, neural pathways in the brain support the drive to help

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Hands that see, eyes that feel? Brain study reveals the mathematics of identifying objects

May 30, 2019 Brain Injury, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Intelligence, Language Acquisition, Neuroscience, Numeracy, Perception, psychology

From a child snapping Legos together to a pickpocket plucking a wallet from your bag, our brains have a remarkable

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Innovative treatment restores sight in patient

May 1, 2019 Caregiving, Diseases and Conditions, Disorders and Syndromes, Eye Care, Memory, Patient Education and Counseling, Perception, Today's Healthcare

Innovative treatment has improved the vision of a patient suffering from a rare cancer-related syndrome affecting the eye, new research

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Negative emotions can reduce our capacity to trust

March 14, 2019 Autism, Borderline Personality Disorder, Consumer Behavior, Learning Disorders, Perception, psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology

It is no secret that a bad mood can negatively affect how we treat others. But can it also make

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Teaching self-driving cars to predict pedestrian movement

February 13, 2019 Artificial Intelligence, Automotive and Transportation, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Language Acquisition, Neural Interfaces, Perception, Photography, Telecommunications, Vehicles

By zeroing in on humans’ gait, body symmetry and foot placement, University of Michigan researchers are teaching self-driving cars to

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Tiny eye movements affect how we see contrast

January 29, 2019 Brain Injury, Brain-Computer Interfaces, epilepsy, Language Acquisition, Neuroscience, Numeracy, Perception, Racial Issues

It is often difficult for a driver to see a person walking on the side of the road at night

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Local focus could help tackle global problems

January 17, 2019 Behavior, Creativity, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Issues, Environmental Policy, Geography, Perception

People’s love for their local areas could be harnessed to tackle global environmental problems, researchers say. Parochialism (a focus on

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Video game players frequently exposed to graphic content may see world differently

December 18, 2018 Anger Management, Artificial Intelligence, Borderline Personality Disorder, Computer Graphics, Perception, Photography, psychology, Video Games

People who frequently play violent video games are more immune to disturbing images than non-players, a UNSW-led study into the

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Passive exposure alone can enhance the learning of foreign speech sounds

December 18, 2018 Child Development, Educational Psychology, Intelligence, Language Acquisition, Learning Disorders, Literacy, Memory, Perception

Ability to understand and subsequently speak a new language requires the ability to accurately discriminate speech sounds of a given

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