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Why Do We Remember Faces but Not Names?
NPR Science Friday: It’s happened to all of us: We’re at an event and recognize peoples’ faces all over the room, but names utterly escape us. Don’t feel bad. When it comes to linking faces
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Brain Can Plan Actions Toward Things the Eye Doesn’t See
People can plan strategic movements to several different targets at the same time, even when they see far fewer targets than are actually present, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal
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Humans Get the Gist of Complex Sounds
When faced with many different sounds, such as notes in a violin melody, the brain quickly summarizes individual pitches to get an overall gist of what is being heard.
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Distracted Dining Increases Desire for Sugary, Salty Foods
Pacific Standard: Our eating habits have changed radically in recent decades, in at least two distinct ways. We increasingly multitask as we consume our meals, munching as we work at our desk or watch television.
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‘Fat Talk’ Compels but Carries a Cost
The New York Times: Over winter break, Carolyn Bates, a college senior, and a friend each picked out five pairs of jeans at a Gap store in Indianapolis and eagerly tried them on. But the
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Internal Consistency When Collapsing Different Alcoholic Beverage Types Into One Image Category
In researching valence/arousal of alcohol images, it is unknown whether combining of different alcohol images is appropriate. College students (n=83) participated in a beverage picture viewing task. High internal consistency (alphas > .95 for valence
