Category: Neuroscience
Walking Style Can Make Smaller Men Appear Just As Intimidating As Larger Ones
How men walk adds to body size in shaping threat impressions, and the visual system can read these movement cues quickly, even with limited detail.
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How Storytelling Style Shapes the Way the Brain Forms Memories
The way an event is described—through feelings or sensory detail—changes how the brain stores and recalls it. In this study, participants listened to stories that emphasized either conceptual details (thoughts and emotions) or perceptual details (sights and sounds).
Your Brain Navigates Mental Maps Differently Than Real Ones
When you picture a map in your mind, your brain uses different pathways than when you actually look at one. In a study on spatial attention, participants recalled the map of France and judged which city was closer to Paris.
The Brain Possesses A Dual ‘Navigation System’ For Risky Decisions And Uncertainty
Two neighboring regions in your brain’s frontal cortex handle decisions in completely different ways. One keeps a steady beat no matter what. The other kicks into gear specifically when things get unpredictable.
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People Miss Racial Bias Hidden Inside AI Emotion Recognition
A new study reveals that most people fail to recognize racial bias embedded in AI systems, even when it is visible in the training data. The research shows that artificial intelligence trained on imbalanced datasets—such as happy white faces and sad Black faces—learns to associate race with emotion, perpetuating biased performance.
Can a Disconnected Brain Be Conscious?
A new study reveals that sleep-like slow-wave brain activity can persist for years in surgically disconnected brain hemispheres of awake epilepsy patients. Using EEG recordings, researchers found that the isolated cortex exhibits patterns similar to deep sleep, anesthesia, or vegetative states—suggesting absent or reduced awareness.
