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People who wear rose-coloured glasses see more

“Good and bad moods literally change the way our visual cortex operates and how we see,” says Adam Anderson, a U of T professor of psychology. “Specifically our study shows that when in a positive mo...

Studies and Analyses |

Einstein scientists propose new theory of autism

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have proposed a sweeping new theory of autism that suggests that the brains of people with autism are structurally normal but dy...

Health and Medicine |

Columbia researchers identify early brain marker for familial form of depression

Findings from one of the largest-ever imaging studies of depression indicate that a structural difference in the brain – a thinning of the right hemisphere – appears to be linked to a higher risk for ...

Life Sciences |

Why don't we read so well on a screen?

Clicking and scrolling interrupt our attentional focus. Turning and touching the pages instead of clicking on the screen influence our ability for experience and attention. The physical manipu...

Information Technology |

Meditation may fine-tune control over attention

However, a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that attention does not have a fixed capacity - and that it can be improved by directed mental training, such as meditation. ...

Studies and Analyses |

Azheimer’s disease onset tied to lapses in attention

People in early stages of Alzheimer’s disease have greater difficulty shifting attention back and forth between competing sources of information, a finding that offers new support for ...

Health and Medicine |

Tibetan monks yield clues to brain’s regulation of attention

University of Queensland researchers have teamed up with Tibetan Buddhist monks to uncover clues to how meditation can affect perception. Olivia Carter and Professor Jack Pe...

Statistics |

World first: computer games that can boost self esteem

McGill University researchers design and test computer games that enhance self-esteem Can computer games help raise self-esteem? Absolutely. In a world-first study, researchers ...

Social Sciences |

Temporale Dynamik bei der visuellen Objekt- und Ereignisverarbeitung / FOR 480

Prozesse der Verarbeitung visueller Objekte und Ereignisse stellen eine der Hauptleistungen des menschlichen Sehsystems dar. Sie ermöglichen die Erkennung von Objekten und Ereignissen relativ unabhäng...

DFG Research: Humanities |

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