Pretty much all of our perception is an illusion, whether we’re walking down the street or attempting to decode the latest card trick.
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The best haunted houses push buttons in our brains that evolved long before houses even existed.
Why do certain songs and colors make us feel a certain way?
We have evolved a tendency to find people with wider faces to be more threatening. But appearances can be deceving.
While few will dispute that a minute comprises 60 seconds, the perception of time can vary dramatically from person to person and from one situation to the next. Time can race, or it can drag.
The debate over the color of “the dress,” a social media phenomena, tells us a lot about how internet-wide opinions are formed and manipulated.
Anxious people tend to perceive their world in a more threatening way. That is, the more anxious a person is, the more likely they are to notice threatening things around them. This is called the threat…
In a typical kitchen or bathroom you often find the hot and cold water taps labelled red and blue. It’s common practice in industrial and interior design in many parts of the world to present information…
Taste and flavour perception is standing in the way of treatment options for chronic disease patients experiencing taste…
The brain interprets visual information that isn’t consciously recognised. Participants in a US study were shown a series…
Sleep helps lock in visual learning, according to new research from Brown University. The study observed the brain activity…
Familiar everyday odours such as coffee and red wine are produced by a blend of different substances. Given that we know aroma is nothing but a mix of volatile chemicals, can we understand them enough…
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