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What Neuroscience Says about Free Will
Scientific American: It happens hundreds of times a day: We press snooze on the alarm clock, we pick a shirt out of the closet, we reach for a beer in the fridge. In each case
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Choice May Sometimes Be A Cognitive Illusion
We may believe that we’re making decisions consciously when the decisions have actually already been made, results from two studies show.
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Brain Reconciles Sight and Sound in Different Ways
A new study from psychology researchers at UCLA provides insights into how the brain combines sound and vision. The research suggests that there is not one sole mechanism in the brain that governs how much
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Eating something sweet can lead to a romantic date
The Washington Post: Ate something bitter? It can make you judgmental. Feeling love is all around? It can make even water taste sweeter. Not only do our emotions influence our perceptions of taste, but what
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: The Brain’s Tendency to Bind Audiovisual Signals Is Stable but Not General Brian Odegaard and Ladan Shams Studies have found that there is quite a bit of
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Physical attraction, feminine faces and why ‘the Johnny Depp effect’ doesn’t always apply
The Washington Post: Forcing someone to fit into a “rigid gender category” can make them seem less physically appealing to others, according to the results of a new study. That revelation may explain why “the