Archive for October, 2008

Men are better at detecting infidelities

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Men are better at detecting their partner's infidelities than women. In a US study of heterosexual couples, 80 percent of women's inferences about fidelity or infidelity were correct, while men were accurate 94 percent of the time.

Our cheatin’ brain: The brain’s clever way of showing us the world as a whole

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Boundary extension is a mistake that we often make when recalling a view of a scene -- we will insist that the boundaries of an image stretched out farther than what we actually saw. Results of a new study indicate that boundary extension occurs when a scene is interrupted for as little as 42 milliseconds (quicker than an eye blink!) and even when volunteers know exactly what is being tested.

Learning to Multitask: Don’t Bother

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Mental Health, Perspective in Economic Crises

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Expert on Mental Illness Delivers Message of Hope

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Ultrasound shown to exert remote control of brain circuits

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

In a twist on nontraditional uses of ultrasound, a group of neuroscientist have developed pulsed ultrasound techniques that can remotely stimulate brain circuit activity.

Brain’s ‘hate circuit’ identified

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

People who view pictures of someone they hate display activity in distinct areas of the brain that, together, may be thought of as a "hate circuit,"

In game of tennis, seeing isn’t always believing

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

A universal bias in the way people perceive moving objects means that tennis referees are more likely to make mistakes when they call balls "out" than when they call them "in,"

Psychological study reveals that red enhances men’s attraction to women

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

A groundbreaking study adds color -- literally and figuratively -- to the age-old question of what attracts men to women.

When you look at a face, you look nose first

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Eyes land on nose first when checking out a face, UC San Diego computer scientists say