Imagining an Object Can Change How We Hear Sounds Later
Research shows that you don’t need to see an actual object to experience the “ventriloquist illusion” and its aftereffect. Simply imagining the object produces the same illusory results. … More
Auditory Perception
Klatzky Named a Fellow at IEEE
APS Board Treasurer Robert Klatzky’s pioneering work on human perception in robotics and virtual environments has earned her Fellow status with the world’s largest organization of technical professionals… More
Taking Photos Improves Certain Kinds of Memories and Weakens Others
Big Think: I lived in East Asia from 2009 to 2011. At that time, I visited five countries: China, Japan… More
How Taking Photos Affects Your Memory of the Moment Later On
New York Magazine: Recently I transferred a stash of photos from my iPad to my computer. As the hundred-some photos… More
How Our Ears Inform Our Eyes
Eyewitness identification is an important part of criminal investigations, especially in circumstances where physical evidence is lacking… More
Taking Photos of Experiences Boosts Visual Memory, Impairs Auditory Memory
Choosing to take photos may focus our attention, helping us remember the visual details of our experiences but impairing memory for the auditory details… More