psychology
Aphantasia: A life without mental images
Posted in Medicine on 26th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
Most people can readily conjure images inside their head, But now scientists have described a condition, aphantasia, in which some people are unable to visualise mental images.
Humans see colour differently in the summer
Posted in Featured, Science on 18th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
Humans see color differently in the summer with yellow seeming more green than in the winter months, scientists have shown for the first time.
Think Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions?
Posted in Science on 2nd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
A study claims a startling conclusion: consciousness is just a passive machine running one simple algorithm, serving up whats already been decided, and taking credit for the decision.
Research suggests cooperative behaviour is not instinctive, but learned
Posted in Business on 14th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
Researchers compared decision-making in economic games between high-trust and low-trust societies.
Brain Imaging Shows How Children Inherit Their Parents' Anxiety
Posted in Science on 8th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
A prefrontal-limbic-midbrain circuit is responsible for the genetic transfer of an anxious temperament.