Researchers at McMaster University who study how the brain processes sound have discovered the common practice of using artificial tones in perception experiments could mean scientists are overlooking ...

A study led by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has determined that the size and composition of our social support networks directly influence how we perceive our body image. The findings could ...

Past research has suggested that people's cultural differences may result in differences in basic visual perception. New research found no evidence that these differences play a significant role in ...

Researchers in the US have finally completed the missing mathematical pieces of theoretical physicist Erwin Schrödinger’s century-old color theory, based on his geometric model describing how humans ...

To what extent has Earth’s gravity shaped our cognitive and brain functions? Utilizing spaceflight and a ground-based analog, a new study shows that the human brain relies on bodily gravitational ...