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Into The Hole: Terror And Survival
I know an artist who has a special interest in holes. He laboriously sculpts geometric holes in the earth, and then recreates them elsewhere. I recently saw, in a Chicago gallery, a hole he had
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Reflecting on a Lifetime of Achievement
As part of APS’s 25th Anniversary celebration, the Board of Directors is honoring 25 distinguished scientists who have had a profound impact on the field of psychological science over the past quarter century. Eight individuals
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The Capacity of Audiovisual Integration Is Limited to One Item Erik Van der Burg, Ed Awh, and Christian N.
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We Are What We Smell
Scientific American: Pheromones: they’re those chemical signals often associated with attraction. But there are many chemical signals we give off—including ones that might signal alarm, aggression or other emotions. For example, take fear. If sweat
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Study Shows Limits on Brain’s Ability to Perceive Multifeatured Objects
New research sheds light on how the brain encodes objects with multiple features, a fundamental task for the perceptual system. The study, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests
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Why Even Radiologists Can Miss A Gorilla Hiding In Plain Sight
NPR: This story begins with a group of people who are expert at looking: the professional searchers known as radiologists. “If you watch radiologists do what they do, [you’re] absolutely convinced that they are like
