News tagged with visual patterns

People who 'see' numbers have better memories for dates

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research project has shown that people who perceive numbers visually, and who see sequences of numbers as visual patterns, have better memories for dates and events in the past than ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 weblog

Game utilizes human intuition to help computers solve complex problems

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new computer game prototype combines work and play to help solve a fundamental problem underlying many computer hardware design tasks.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Brain research shows past experience is invaluable for complex decision making

Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have shown that past experience really does help when we have to make complex decisions based on uncertain or confusing information. ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Listening to music can change the way you judge facial emotions

A research project led by Dr Joydeep Bhattacharya at Goldsmiths, University of London has shown that it is possible to influence emotional evaluation of visual stimuli by listening to musical excerpts before the evaluation.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1