People and computers perceive the world differently, which can lead AI to make mistakes no human would. Researchers are working on how to bring human and AI vision into alignment.

This study used pupillometry to provide an objective assessment of a form of synesthesia in which people see additional color when reading numbers. It provides convincing evidence that subjective ...

Modern warfare targets perception, using psyops, disinformation, influencers, data profiling, and emerging neurotechnology to ...

Researchers in the US have finally completed the missing mathematical pieces of theoretical physicist ...

Smell can evoke powerful memories, subtly influence attraction, and even regulate stress. But research suggests that what we sense depends as much on experience as on biology.

Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now ...

The smaller of two equally weighted objects is judged to be heavier when lifted. Here we disproved a leading hypothesis that this size–weight illusion is caused by a mismatch between predicted and ...

Intermittent fasting may not help people who are overweight or obese lose weight, a large review suggests. The researchers say the popular practice of fasting on some days of the week and eating ...

As Gavin Newsom tells it in a new memoir he rose from humble beginnings, a kid who got a paper round to help his mother make ends meet, and then got knocked off his bike by bullies who called him ...

According to a recent multi-institute PLOS One study led by the Multisensory Research Lab at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine, time of hearing loss onset is a key determinant of ...

Eustress, or positive stress, can motivate individuals, aid in achieving goals, and contribute to overall well-being and a sense of fulfillment. Unlike distress, which arises from negative experiences ...