For the first time scientists have been able to put a figure on how many faces people actually know- a
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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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More than half of drivers don’t look for cyclists and pedestrians before turning right: U of T Engineering researchers tracked drivers’ eye movements to examine how attention is divided during turning, revealing that many fail to shoulder check — especially those who frequently drive downtown
U of T Engineering researchers studied the eye movements of drivers at busy Toronto intersections and found that more than
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Hearing class: Researchers identify molecularly distinct subtypes of neurons that encode sound
A new study by Harvard Medical School researchers sheds light on the molecular repertoire of neurons responsible for encoding sound
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Artificial intelligence can predict your personality … simply by tracking your eyes
It’s often been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, revealing what we think and how we
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Optical neural network demo
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made a silicon chip that distributes optical signals precisely
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Email incivility has a ripple effect on households
It turns out that a rude email’s reach extends further than the recipients in the message’s “To” field. As email
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Hearing-related problems common among preschool teachers
Seven out of ten female preschool teachers suffer from sound-induced auditory fatigue, one out of two has difficulty understanding speech
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Odors are perceived the same way by hunter-gatherers and Westerners
Previous research has shown the hunter-gatherer Jahai are much better at naming odors than Westerners. They even have a more
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