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In Recognizing Faces, the Whole is Not Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
How do we recognize a face? To date, most research has answered “holistically”: We look at all the features—eyes, nose, mouth—simultaneously and, perceiving the relationships among them, gain an advantage More>
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APS Lab Profile: George Mason University Arch Lab
APS provides an overview of the George Mason University Arch Laboratory located in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. The Arch Lab bridges theory, experimentation, and application in the cognitive sciences. ... More>
Behind the Music: Human Factors Rap
Students and faculty from George Mason University's Human Factors and Applied Cognition Arch Laboratory created a rap video to help explain what human factors is. APS sat down with Tyler Shaw, also known as the Human Factors Rapper. ... More>
When Making Meaning of the World, the Brain is a Multi-tasker
How does the brain confer meaning on the things we perceive in the world? “Many of us favor the theory that, whether it comes in through the eyes or ears, through reading [or other stimuli], it’s all eventually arriving at a common place where the meaning of things is represented,” says Massachusetts Institute of Technology psychologist Mary C. Potter. “If that were so,” she continues, “you’d expect there to be a problem in extracting meanings simultaneously from different sources.” ... More>
