Intelligence

A blue glare illusion was perceived to be brightest and caused larger pupil constrictionCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi…

AUSTIN, Texas -- Boosting academic success does not have to derive from new teachers or curriculum; it can also come from changing students' attitudes about their abilities through a short online intervention, according to the latest…

Bielefeld University and the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld working on 'Avikom' project with eight regional partnersCredit: Photo: CITEC/Bielefeld University The new "Avikom" research project is innovating an intelligent,…

Credit: Graphic compiled by Beau Sievers. (Figure 5 from the paper). Death metal band logos often have a spiky look while romance novel titles often have a swirly script. The jaggedness or curviness of a font can be used to express…

Pleasure with musicCredit: Journal of Neuroscience The white matter structure in the brain reflects music sensitivity, according to a study by the research group on Cognition and Brain Plasticity of the Institute of Neurosciences…

UC Riverside-led team performs two studies to examine effects of sleep, age, and depressed mood on working memoryCredit: W. Zhang, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team of psychologists has found strong associations between…

Credit: University of Saskatchewan Male and female rats whose mother experienced a simulated viral infection during pregnancy behave abnormally, consistent with behavioural alterations in autism or schizophrenia, research by the University…

Two scientists at UC Santa Barbara whose work has contributed in significant ways to our understanding of nature and of our place in it have been recognized by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Brain scientist Miguel Eckstein and…

As memories fade, can we supercharge them back to life?Credit: Cydney Scott for Boston University In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Neuroscience, Rob Reinhart, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at…

Children born into poverty show key differences in early brain function - according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied the brain function of children aged between four months and four years in…