"...this signal was sensitive enough to distinguish the 'good' from the 'better' or 'super-synchronizers,' as we sometimes call them."

Today's robots primarily get by with vision and touch. Giving them another sense, hearing, improves robot perception, researchers find.

"We assume our perception is a perfect reflection of the physical world around us, but this study shows that each of us has a unique visual fingerprint."

Brains recognize a smell based on which cells fire, in what order – the same way you recognize a song based on its pattern of notes. How much can you change the 'tune' and still know the smell?

"...people explicitly say that they associate women with brilliance. Yet implicit measures reveal a different story..."

Some blind people seem to be able to see without being conscious of it.

Your faithful friend's view of the world is different than yours, but maybe not in the way you imagine.

Some blind people seem to be able to see without being conscious of it.

How long can monkeys split their focus? A new study puts them to the test to examine how brains handle multitasking.

You can't separate your subjective experience of an object from the way you perceive it, a study finds. That means we don't see objects as they really are.