60-Second Psych

A Blind Man Sees

Hinzugefügt: 5. Januar 2009

A recent paper in Current Biology provides one of the few human cases of blindsight, the ability for perceptively blind people to respond to visual stimuli, even though they have no awareness of...

Great Expectations for 2009

Hinzugefügt: 30. Dezember 2008

Multiple experiments by Duke University professor Dan Ariely reveal how our expectations hugely influence our decisions, and ultimately, our experiences. Christie Nicholson reports

Beware the Holiday Sugar High

Hinzugefügt: 22. Dezember 2008

Recent research concludes that parents significantly overestimate how sugar affects their children's hyperactive behavior. Susannah F. Locke reports.

Gift-Giving for Lovers

Hinzugefügt: 15. Dezember 2008

Research suggests that women don't seem to mind if they receive the less-than-perfect gift. Men, on the other hand, are a different story. Susannah F. Locke reports

Observers of Walking Figures See Men Advancing, Women in Retreat

Hinzugefügt: 8. September 2008

When viewing figures walking, a curious illusion appears. People perceive male strollers as moving toward them, whereas the female walkers appear to be moving away, regardless of the figure's...