What number is halfway between 1 and 9? Is it 5—or 3?
A new information-theoretical model of human sensory perception and memory sheds light on some peculiarities of the nervous system.
Oct 05, 2012
4.1 / 5 (13)
9
|
Oct 05, 2012
4.1 / 5 (13)
9
|
Turing award goes to 'machine learning' expert
A Harvard University professor has been awarded a top technology prize for research that has paved the way for computers that more closely mimic how humans think, including the one that won a "Jeopardy!" tournament.
Mar 09, 2011
4.3 / 5 (7)
1
Scent explained mathematically
(PhysOrg.com) -- An interdisciplinary team of neurobiologists and mathematicians from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI, Switzerland) has managed to mathematically describe an important ...
Jul 26, 2010
4.3 / 5 (3)
0
Few Drive Well While Yakking on Phone, Yet 1 in 40 'Supertaskers' Who Can Do Both
A new study from University of Utah psychologists found a small group of people with an extraordinary ability to multitask: Unlike 97.5 percent of those studied, they can safely drive while chatting on a cell ...
Mar 29, 2010
3.8 / 5 (8)
9
|
Study: Lose weight while listening to your MP3 player (w/ Podcast)
(PhysOrg.com) -- With obesity and weight-related illnesses on the rise, researchers continue to look for better ways to help people shed extra pounds and keep them off. A new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study ...
Sep 15, 2009
2.3 / 5 (3)
0
Study Demonstrates How We Support Our False Beliefs
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published in the most recent issue of the journal Sociological Inquiry, sociologists from four major research institutions focus on one of the most curious aspects of the 2004 presidential electi ...
Aug 21, 2009
4.3 / 5 (40)
121
Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking
(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans don’t always make the most rational decisions. As studies have shown, even when logic and reasoning point in one direction, sometimes we chose the opposite route, motivated by personal ...
Apr 14, 2009
4.1 / 5 (47)
14
Clarke clarifies pattern recognition theory of humour
Recent commentary has suggested that the extent to which anomaly theories have become ingrained in the minds of academics and popular commentators alike has led to certain common assumptions and misconceptions about Clarke's pattern recognition theory of humour. ...
Mar 26, 2009
5 / 5 (1)
0
Caltech economist makes a game of economic theory
How game theory and insights from cognitive psychology can shed light on the economic choices people and corporations make will be the focus of a topical lecture presented by California Institute of Technology (Caltech) behavioral ...
Feb 16, 2009
5 / 5 (3)
0
