Visual Illusion Could Help You Read Smaller Font
Visual acuity is thought to be dictated by the shape and condition of the eye but new findings suggest it may also be influenced by perceptual processes in the brain… More
Perception
Familiar Faces Look Happier Than Unfamiliar Ones
People tend to perceive faces they are familiar with as looking happier than unfamiliar faces, even when the faces express the same emotion to the same degree… More
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new articles exploring implicit sense of agency over somatosensory events and the motivational effects of contingent and noncontingent rewards… More
How Our Bodies Do – and Don’t – Shape Our Minds
Individuals’ bodies and their abilities to act within their environments shape their perceptions of their surroundings, says psychological scientist Jessica Witt, Colorado State University. Witt discussed the psychophysics experiments she’s conducted to demonstrate these perceptions during one of four presentations in a Presidential Symposium chaired by Susan Goldin-Meadow. … More
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring perceived misalignment between limb and body movement and links between schooling and children’s cognitive control… More
Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
Featured Articles: “Understanding Mind From Matter: What Does Prehistoric Farming Say About Your Prefrontal Cortex?” and “To Err Is Human: The Psychological Science of Voting Mistakes”… More