Friend or foe? This bundle of brain fibers lets guys know

A peak into how the brain distinguishes a friend or foe offers findings relevant to anxiety and psychosis, say researchers.

U. Queensland • futurity
Nov. 22, 2019 ~3 min

People want self-driving cars to share their personality

To perceive self-driving cars as safe, they have to have certain personality traits, researchers say. Here are the ones that matter most.

U. Michigan • futurity
Nov. 13, 2019 ~4 min


‘Skeletons’ are key to quick object recognition

The skeletal shapes of objects—picture a stick figure—is a key tool to help us in object recognition.

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
Aug. 21, 2019 ~5 min

Neighbors’ houses can make you feel worse about your own

If your neighbors' houses are bigger than yours, you may be less likely to feel satisfied with your own home, researchers say.

Chelsea Davis-Iowa State • futurity
Aug. 20, 2019 ~4 min

Have we evolved to construct reality?

Perceptions, according to cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman, are a user interface, but not necessarily reality. Where does that leave us?

Heather Ashbach-UC Irvine • futurity
July 26, 2019 ~3 min

Your brain turns down the ‘noise’ to see motion better

You can improve your perception of moving objects against a similar background with training, new research on vision shows.

Lindsey Valich-Rochester • futurity
July 8, 2019 ~7 min

Bird brains use categories to focus on key colors

Human brains sort similar colors into categories to help us perceive the world around us. It turns out birds use the same trick.

Robin Smith-Duke • futurity
May 29, 2019 ~6 min

How do adults with vision impairment learn what animals look like?

People with vision impairments know a lot about the shape, size, color, and texture of animals they've never seen, but how?

Chanapa Tantibanchachai-Johns Hopkins • futurity
May 22, 2019 ~4 min


Pikachu lights up brains of long-time Pokémon players

Did you play Pokémon as a kid? Your brain may respond differently than others' to pictures of Pikachu and other Pokémon.

Ker Than-Stanford • futurity
May 6, 2019 ~7 min

Can categorization break the ‘curse’ on learning?

The "curse of specificity" keeps us from transferring progress on simple cognitive tasks to larger skills, but categorization may help.

Mollie Rappe-Brown • futurity
April 2, 2019 ~6 min

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