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Wide-Eyed Fear Expressions May Help Us – and Others – to Locate Threats
Wide-eyed expressions that typically signal fear may enlarge our visual field and mutually enhance others’ ability to locate threats, according to new research published in Psychological Science. ... More>
Metaphors for Musical Pitch Vary, but the Basic Principles Are the Same
The metaphors we use to describe musical pitch aren’t just linguistic flourishes — visual cues have different effects on our perception of musical pitch depending on the metaphors we use. ... More>
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring audiovisual speech perception in infants; perseveration errors in memory recall; and how the presence of companions can influence how we size up foes. ... More>
Study Shows Limits on Brain’s Ability to Perceive Multifeatured Objects
New research sheds light on how the brain encodes objects with multiple features, a fundamental task for the perceptual system. ... More>
