perception

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An empirical study of online pharmacy use in India published in the International Journal of Business…

Credit: IEEE Access (2022). DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3222804 Virtual environments, including those for commerce, are increasingly common so as…

Perception generally feels effortless. If you hear a bird chirping and look out the window, it hardly feels like your brain has done anything at all when you recognize that chirping critter on your windowsill as a bird. In fact, research in…

Inside the snug confines of the human ear lies a bony structure, curly and shaped like a seashell. This structure, called the cochlea, contains little hairy cells that vibrate when sounds pass through. These slight vibrations emerge as…

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that removal of cilia from the brain's striatum region impaired time perception and judgment, revealing possible new therapeutic targets for mental and neurological…

The most widely tested brain implant is the Utah array—a hard silicon square with 100 tiny protruding needles. Each about a millimeter long, the needles have electrodes on their tips that capture brain signals. But these rigid devices can…

The cast of Mike White’s sharp social satire, ‘The White Lotus’, including Sabrina Impacciatore and Adam DiMarco on their experiences shooting the opulent show The cast of Mike White’s sharp social satire, ‘The White Lotus’, including…

Credit: University of Toronto A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has found a way to enhance the visual perception of robotic…

Black widows must despise Clint Sergi. While working on his PhD in biology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sergi spent his time designing little challenges for spiders—which often involved rewarding them with tasty dead crickets,…

Previous studies have determined that astronauts can judge inverted movements better than people on Earth due to the astronauts' unique visuomotor experience with inverted movements in space. Now, a new study, in which University of Wyoming…