News tagged with mental imagery
Making the invisible visible: Verbal -- not visual -- cues enhance visual detection
Cognitive psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania and University of California have shown that an image displayed too quickly to be seen by an observer can be detected if the participant first hears the name of the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 12, 2010 |
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The psychology of food cravings
Swimsuit season is almost upon us. For most of us, the countdown has begun to lazy days lounging by the pool and relaxing on the beach. However, for some of us, the focus is not so much on sunglasses and beach balls, but ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 17, 2010 |
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It's all in your head. No, really: How mental imagery training aids perceptual learning
Practice makes perfect. But imaginary practice? Elisa Tartaglia of the Laboratory of Psychophysics at Switzerland's Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and team show that perceptual learning—learning ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 03, 2009 |
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