News tagged with human attention

Canine telepathy? Study explores how dogs think and learn about human behavior

Can dogs read our minds? How do they learn to beg for food or behave badly primarily when we're not looking? According to Monique Udell and her team, from the University of Florida in the US, the way that dogs come to respond ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Drivers engaging in a secondary task may pay more attention to the road

Although many human factors/ergonomics studies conducted over the past few years indicate that drivers who talk on the phone fail to attend to the road and increase the likelihood of an accident, the monotony of driving may ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Hollywood movies follow a mathematical formula

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hollywood movies have found a mathematical formula that lets them match the effects of their shots to the attention spans of their audiences.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 19, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (24) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

Brain wave patterns can predict blunders, new study finds

From spilling a cup of coffee to failing to notice a stop sign, everyone makes an occasional error due to lack of attention. Now a team led by a researcher at the University of California, Davis, in collaboration ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 3