Spanish may seem to be spoken at a higher speed than Vietnamese, but that doesn’t make it any more “efficient.”
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Similarities in human, chimpanzee, and bonobo eye color patterns revealed
Studies have suggested that the contrast between the white of human eyes — known as the sclerae — and the
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Ecopipam reduces stuttering symptoms in proof-of-concept trial
A team led by a psychiatrist at the University of California, Riverside, has tested the orally administered investigational medication ecopipam
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Storing data in music
Manuel Eichelberger and Simon Tanner, two ETH doctoral students, store data in music. This means, for example, that background music
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When it comes to learning, what’s better: The carrot or the stick?
Does the potential to win or lose money influence the confidence one has in one’s own decisions? Does either of
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Associating colors with vowels? Almost all of us do!
Does [a:] as in ‘baa’ sound more green or more red? And is [i:] as in ‘beet’ light or dark
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Electrical properties of dendrites help explain our brain’s unique computing power: Neurons in human and rat brains carry electrical signals in different ways, scientists find
Neurons in the human brain receive electrical signals from thousands of other cells, and long neural extensions called dendrites play
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Do we trust people who speak with an accent? We tend to believe speakers who sound the same as us, though much depends on their tone of voice
You are in a strange neighbourhood, your cell phone’s dead, and you desperately need to find the closest garage. A
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The god of small things
New research suggests people who are religious gain happiness from believing there is a deeper meaning to everyday events. Dr
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Consciousness is partly preserved during general anesthesia
When people are administered an anaesthetic, they seem to lose consciousness — or at least they stop reacting to their
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