Perception/Awareness

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA An artificial neural network has identified a square structure within a triangular one in a crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, with several people agreeing on this perception. The result of this…

UMass Amherst, international team suggest new route to social change, intergroup harmonyCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - For more than 50 years, social scientists and practitioners have suggested that having members of…

Project will test whether mental exercises can improve safety, reduce burnout The risks of working in the offshore energy industry are well-documented - long hours, dangerous equipment, extreme weather and weeks away from family and…

Men and women approach the task differently but get the same resultCredit: Diarmuid Greene, TrueMedia Men are not better than women at spatial cognition - such as map reading - is the principal finding from ground-breaking work by…

A study of the IMT School Studies Lucca describes how affective states are mapped in the brainCredit: Luca Cecchetti, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca The entire set of our emotions is topographically represented in a small region of…

Credit: Courtesy of the Moebius Syndrome Foundation CORVALLIS, Ore. - People with facial paralysis are more likely to face depression and anxiety than the general population, especially if the paralysis occurs later in life rather than…

Credit: University of East Anglia The smell of cut grass, freshly baked bread, childhood memories, lost loved ones, Christmas. What happens when it's all gone? A new study from the University of East Anglia reveals the huge range of…

Credit: University of Miami Health System Cyberbullying had the impact of amplifying symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in young people who were inpatients at an adolescent psychiatric hospital, according to a…

Research conducted at Swansea University and the University of Milan has shown that students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage with their studies, and are more anxious about tests.Credit: Roberto Truzoli,…

Researchers discover dorsal anterior cingulate cortex activity during motivated control reflects the calculation of surpriseCredit: Florida Atlantic University Humans control their behavior in numerous ways, from stopping the urge…