... a considerably larger neocortex than other mammals, making it an ideal subject for the research of higher cognition. Scientists now reveal new insights into the mysteries of neocortex organization and ...
... are both good at assessing risk in everyday tasks, according to a study by Rutgers University scientists published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Fuat Balci, David ...
A few weeks ago, the New York Times carried an alarmist and basically silly article about cognitive scientists studying their own children.
Alarmist because it suggested this is an ethically grey area ...
Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur. ...
... and Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, now a scientist with special standing at Great Ape Trust, ... A Search for Iconic Abilities in Great Apes, by cognitive scientist Tomas Persson from Sweden's Lund University ...
... that drive our behavior in many different domains," said IU cognitive scientist Peter Todd. "If how people search ... varied domains."
Lead author Thomas Hills worked with Todd and fellow IU cognitive ...
... has pinpointed exactly where our eyes land when we see a face. Cognitive Scientists Janet Hui-wen Hsiao and Garrison Cottrell from the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center at the ...
... a face, UC San Diego computer scientists now report that you look at the nose ... face does not improve face recognition, the cognitive scientists found.
Understanding how the human brain recognizes ...
... efficient, rationally evolved animal. The new research, led by cognitive scientist Mark Changizi of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, shows why direct exposure to repeated ads initially ...
In a new study, cognitive scientists have shown that when aware of both a negative and positive stereotype related to performance, women will identify more closely with the positive stereotype, ...
... inferences about other people's state of mind, usually without even realizing they are doing it. Cognitive scientists call this ability "theory of mind," and until recently, not much has been known ...
A cognitive scientist leads a tour of the sensations and thought processes of dogs.
