A scientific dispute spanning six decades about fundamental mechanisms of visual perception in mammals has now been settled. Researchers at TUM have succeeded in observing the visual information flow ...

Psychology research suggests that the human body, particularly the muscles on our face, plays a key part in the processing of others' emotions. For instance, past findings suggest that when we see ...

To what extent has Earth’s gravity shaped our cognitive and brain functions? Utilizing spaceflight and a ground-based analog, a new study shows that the human brain relies on bodily gravitational ...

Statistical analysis showed that patients' visual perceptions of illness were equally effective as standard questionnaires and test results in conveying the symptom-related quality of patients' ...

Any walker or hiker can tell you that an uphill path is more challenging than a flat one. But does it literally look longer, too? A study in the May issue of Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics ...