Human grid cells tile the environment
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UCL researchers have obtained the first evidence for grid cells in the human brain
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Does time dilate during a threatening situation?
Category: Neuroscience
"WHEN a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour," said Albert Einstein, "it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute, and it's longer than any hour." Einstein was describing one...
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January 21, 2010
Single cells in the monkey brain encode abstract mathematical concepts
Category: Neuroscience
OUR ability to use and manipulate numbers is integral to everyday life - we use them to label, rank, count and measure almost everything we encounter. It was long thought that numerical competence is dependent on language and, therefore, that...
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January 13, 2010
Viewing headless bodies causes face adaptation
Category: Neuroscience
VIEWING a stimulus for a prolonged period of time results in a bias in the perception of a stimulus viewed afterwards. For example, after looking at a moving stimulus for some time, a stationary stimulus that is viewed subsequently appears...
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January 9, 2010
Desire influences visual perception
Category: Psychology
A new study shows that desirable objects are perceived to be closer than they really are.
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