Cognitive science news

Are we conscious or unconscious consumers?

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:54:23 +0000

Our brains may unconsciously evaluate products when we’re not attending to them.

What does that MRI signal MEAN, anyway?

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:22:55 +0000

Using light-activated cells appear to confirm that fMRI scans really do tell us what happens in the brain.

Your brain sees your hands as short and fat

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:30:41 +0000

The brain's model of our hands seems to be very distorted from how they actually are.

The Brain Rejects Inequality

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:56:10 +0000

The human brain dislikes inequality when it comes to money and rejects it at all costs.

To sleep, perchance to dream, perchance to remember

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:53:10 +0000

People who are trained to navigate a virtual maze learn the best route through it more quickly if they dream about their experiences.

Brain-training games get a D at brain-training tests

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:32:52 +0000

Brain training games do not appear to improve general cognitive skills given a play time of weeks.

Williams syndrome children show no racial stereotypes or social fear

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:57:51 +0000

People with Williams syndrome are some of the friendliest people you’ll ever meet, and they appear to lack a racial bias.

Photos of sneezing can put our immune systems on red alert

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:12:58 +0000

When we see images of diseases and their symptoms, we typically feel disgust and repulsion. But unbeknownst to us, our immune systems have started reacting too.

Pigeons outperform humans at the Monty Hall Dilemma

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:23:32 +0000

Humans are spectacularly bad with thinking about the Monty Hall problem and perform worse than pigeons.

Sleep deprivation impairs emotion recognition

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:41:01 +0000

A single night of sleep deprivation significantly disrupts the ability to identify emotionally salient facial expressions in others.