Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
How and why people get lost in buildings.
The sound of music makes time fly.
Do monkeys think in metaphors?
East Asians and Westerners responded differently to the news of the Swine Flu outbreak of 2009. A new study suggests this is because the greater historical threat of pathogens in the Asian region has led to a 'culturally adapted' behavioural response in that area [pdf].
Does speaking a different language change your personality? [see earlier]
Children with autism were more easily tricked by the vanishing ball illusion, not less as the researchers predicted.
The psychological effects of going to a music festival.
Cordelia Fine, author of the widely publicised new book Delusions of Gender, also has a journal article out: From Scanner to Sound Bite: Issues in Interpreting and Reporting Sex Differences in the Brain.
Past research has shown that observers can accurately judge a person's sexuality from their face within a fraction of a second. A new study suggests the judgment is made based on the gendered appearance of the face - for example a more feminine male face is more likely to be perceived as belonging to a homosexual man.
- Looking At Their Own Face Tunes Westerners To Their Heartbeat; Not So For East Asians
In this study of cross-cultural differences in body representation participants were challenged to keep count of their own heartbeat simply by listening to their body - a measure of what's known as interoceptive awareness (IA). A cue signalled when...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: '...background music disturbs the reading process, has some small detrimental effects on memory, but has a positive impact on emotional reactions and improves achievements in sports.' A...
- Facial Emotional Expressions Are Not Universal
From the Bushmen of the Kalahari to the Kalaallit of Greenland, you'll find that people everywhere frown in frustration and smile in delight. Or will you? The universality of human emotions and their expression in the face has become widely accepted...
- Eastern Vs. Western Emoticons
Asian Smiley Emoticons Plush - Set Of 6 In a study of cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions... ...eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people [were recorded] while they observed pictures of expressive faces...
- Seeing Sound
The Talking Books librarian blogs about an article at the BBC about software which helps the deaf to "see" sound. Using the newly-developed software Lumisonic, sound is represented by moving rings which radiate, and change depending on the pitch, volume,...
Neuroscience
Extras
How and why people get lost in buildings.
The sound of music makes time fly.
Do monkeys think in metaphors?
East Asians and Westerners responded differently to the news of the Swine Flu outbreak of 2009. A new study suggests this is because the greater historical threat of pathogens in the Asian region has led to a 'culturally adapted' behavioural response in that area [pdf].
Does speaking a different language change your personality? [see earlier]
Children with autism were more easily tricked by the vanishing ball illusion, not less as the researchers predicted.
The psychological effects of going to a music festival.
Cordelia Fine, author of the widely publicised new book Delusions of Gender, also has a journal article out: From Scanner to Sound Bite: Issues in Interpreting and Reporting Sex Differences in the Brain.
Past research has shown that observers can accurately judge a person's sexuality from their face within a fraction of a second. A new study suggests the judgment is made based on the gendered appearance of the face - for example a more feminine male face is more likely to be perceived as belonging to a homosexual man.
- Looking At Their Own Face Tunes Westerners To Their Heartbeat; Not So For East Asians
In this study of cross-cultural differences in body representation participants were challenged to keep count of their own heartbeat simply by listening to their body - a measure of what's known as interoceptive awareness (IA). A cue signalled when...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: '...background music disturbs the reading process, has some small detrimental effects on memory, but has a positive impact on emotional reactions and improves achievements in sports.' A...
- Facial Emotional Expressions Are Not Universal
From the Bushmen of the Kalahari to the Kalaallit of Greenland, you'll find that people everywhere frown in frustration and smile in delight. Or will you? The universality of human emotions and their expression in the face has become widely accepted...
- Eastern Vs. Western Emoticons
Asian Smiley Emoticons Plush - Set Of 6 In a study of cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions... ...eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people [were recorded] while they observed pictures of expressive faces...
- Seeing Sound
The Talking Books librarian blogs about an article at the BBC about software which helps the deaf to "see" sound. Using the newly-developed software Lumisonic, sound is represented by moving rings which radiate, and change depending on the pitch, volume,...