News tagged with eye movements

Can a machine tell when you're lying? Research suggests the answer is 'yes'

Inspired by the work of psychologists who study the human face for clues that someone is telling a high-stakes lie, UB computer scientists are exploring whether machines can also read the visual cues that give away deceit.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

UB team's software is set to eyeball liars

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study team at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York, is working on video analysis software to analyze eye movements to spot liars. So far, they say their results show that ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 18 | with audio podcast report

Whiff of 'love hormone' helps monkeys show a little kindness

Oxytocin, the "love hormone" that builds mother-baby bonds and may help us feel more connected toward one another, can also make surly monkeys treat each other a little more kindly.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

The biology of politics: Liberals roll with the good, conservatives confront the bad

From cable TV news pundits to red-meat speeches in Iowa and New Hampshire, our nation's deep political stereotypes are on full display: Conservatives paint self-indulgent liberals as insufferably absent on urgent national ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 55 | with audio podcast

Uncovering the evolution of REM sleep: Ostriches sleep like platypuses

(PhysOrg.com) -- The brain activity of ostriches in REM sleep is unique, alternating between fast, small waves - characteristic of REM sleep in other birds, and large, slow waves typical of those occurring ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New light shed on cell division

Genes control everything from eye color to disease susceptibility, and inheritance - the passing of the genes from generation to generation after they have been duplicated - depends on centromeres. Located in the little pinched ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pico projector used in eye based video gaming system

(PhysOrg.com) -- Students at the University of Texas in Austen are playing video games. Honestly, that is really not news. Students all over the country are playing video games, usually when they should be studying. In this ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

Affectiva technology taps into people's emotions

Computers may soon understand people better than their spouses do, courtesy of innovations from startup Affectiva that expand on groundbreaking sensing research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Early indications of Parkinson's disease revealed in dream sleep

During a large-scale study of the socioeconomic costs of this neurodegenerative disease, Danish researchers, some from the University of Copenhagen, discovered that very early symptoms of Parkinson's disease may be revealed ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eye movement differs in British and Chinese populations: study

The team, working with Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, investigated eye movements in Chinese and British people to further understanding of the brain mechanisms that control them and how they compare between different ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Do pre-conceived expectations impact doctor analysis of X-rays?

Scientists have long suspected that clinicians' ability to read X-rays can be skewed according to what they expect to find, but a University of Sydney study published this month in the international journal ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

All-nighters can bring on euphoria, risky behavior

(PhysOrg.com) -- A sleepless night can make us cranky and moody. But a lesser known side effect of sleep deprivation is short-term euphoria, which can potentially lead to poor judgment and addictive behavior, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

CeBIT: Laptop tracks gaze, taking eye-tracking out of lab

Ever wish your eyes were lasers? A laptop prototype brings that wish closer to reality.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

'Locked-in' patients happier than thought - study

Many people with "locked-in" syndrome, in which they are conscious but completely paralysed, indicate they are happy, a finding with repercussions for assisted suicide, European doctors reported on Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers uncover behavioral process anticipating the results of rapid eye movements

A team of researchers has demonstrated that the brain predicts consequences of our eye movements on what we see next. The findings, which appear in the journal Nature Neuroscience, have implications for understanding human ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast