Link Journal paper Sleeping helps to reinforce what we’ve learned. And brain scans have revealed that cerebral activity associated with learning new information is replayed during sleep. Day and night, the brain doesn’t stop (re)working what we learn.
Read more →Link You probably think you would notice if all the objects around you started moving, but research at Oxford University published today in Current Biology shows that in certain circumstances people do not even notice if a room grows to four times its size.
Read more →Link A university student spends spring break living at Wal-Mart… and survives.
Read more →Link This web site was put together as a research project with the goal of discovering cultural similarities (and differences) based on color association, preference, and internet activities.
Read more →Link Have you ever been driving down the highway and suddenly noticed you have no memory of the last few kilometres? “What we’re really not remembering is the driving. Because driving for most of us after you’ve been doing it for a long time is automatic.”
Read more →Link The eyes in humans and their closest relatives in the primate world are geared to detect subtle changes in skin tone caused by blood oxygen levels, according to a new study from Caltech.
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