Researchers studying "pragmatic actions" have some timely findings about what we learn when people shake their presents.

A new technology called JumpMod can give people the sense of jumping higher, landing harder, and being pulled down while in VR.

An aerospace engineer explains why it’s so hard to tell just how fast an airplane is really moving.

The idea that each person has a particular learning style is a persistent myth in education. But new research provides more evidence that you won’t learn better in one modality than another.

Scientists are learning amazing things about bees’ sensory perception and mental capabilities.

In only takes a few seconds of listening to know whether or not we'll like a song, a new study shows.

If you feel safer, you might take more risks – canceling out the benefits of various safety interventions. But educating people about this paradox and allowing for some personal choice might help.

People perceive men described as insensitive to pain as larger and stronger than those who were sensitive to pain, research finds.

While past research has concluded there's overlap between memory and perception, a new study reveals they're systematically different.

New research uncovers, at an unprecedented level of detail and precision, how the brain processes visual images.