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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Capacity for Visual Features in Mental Rotation Yangqing Xu and Steven L. Franconeri Despite researchers’ interest in mental rotation — the ability of people to rotate the
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CSBBCS Honors Two APS Members
The Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS) will honor APS Fellow Daphne Maurer and Evan Risko at its 25th Annual Meeting at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Daphne Maurer is the
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Getting Hands-On Deepens Science Learning
Students who use hands-on approaches to test or demonstrate scientific concepts understand the concepts more deeply and score better on science tests.
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Man with Restored Sight Provides New Insight into How Vision Develops
California man Mike May made international headlines in 2000 when his sight was restored by a pioneering stem cell procedure after 40 years of blindness. A study published three years after the operation found that
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This Box is Heavier; I Can Just Hear it! Illusions of Sight and Sound in the Blind and Deaf
Scientific American: The last time someone told you to look at an optical illusion, they probably described it as playing a cool trick on your eyes. But these quirks of perception – as well as
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Illusions Fool Even the Blind
The New York Times: That bats use echolocation to navigate and to find food is well known. But some blind people use the technique, too, clicking their tongues and snapping fingers to help identify objects.
