Sharp attention explains why the early bird gets the worm
Many of the characteristics related to auditory attention in birds match those of humans, according to a study from the University at Buffalo.
Many of the characteristics related to auditory attention in birds match those of humans, according to a study from the University at Buffalo.
Plants & Animals
Sep 16, 2020
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Innovative research at Flinders University supports the importance of creativity in problem-solving to invigorate interest in mathematics.
Mathematics
Feb 4, 2020
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A new study could hold the key to learning languages, teaching children colors or even studying complex theories.
Education
Jul 24, 2019
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In 1665, Lord Christiaan Huygens found that two pendulum clocks, hung in the same wooden structure, oscillated spontaneously and perfectly in line but in opposite directions: the clocks oscillated in anti-phase. Since then, ...
Nanophysics
Jul 2, 2019
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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute and the Santa Fe Institute have developed a new model to explain the evolutionary origins of empathy and other related phenomena, such as emotional contagion and contagious yawning. ...
Evolution
Apr 8, 2019
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Researchers have examined the visual response of 113 individuals when observing prehistoric ceramics belonging to different styles and societies. The ceramics analysed cover 4,000 years (from 4,000 B.C. to the change of era) ...
Evolution
Mar 8, 2019
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Multiple-choice tests and quizzes are an effective tool for:
Education
Oct 1, 2018
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Are you more likely to use words like "happy" and "family" in your social media posts? Or do you use emotional and cognitive words like "angry" and "thinking?" The words you use may be a clue to your religious affiliation. ...
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2017
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People's ability to make random choices or mimic a random process, such as coming up with hypothetical results for a series of coin flips, peaks around age 25, according to a study published in PLOS Computational Biology.
Other
Apr 13, 2017
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In industrial production, the testing of machines and products by means of acoustic signals still takes a niche role. At the Hannover Messe 2017, Fraunhofer is exhibiting a cognitive system that detects erroneous sounds more ...
Engineering
Apr 3, 2017
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