Understanding attention and perception is essential to preventing tragedy. If we can identify the mechanisms behind a ...

Smell can evoke powerful memories, subtly influence attraction, and even regulate stress. But research suggests that what we sense depends as much on experience as on biology.

People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness ...

Contrived dissent is better than nothing, especially if the contrivance itself is taken seriously. But the most valuable form of dissent is authentic, even stubborn and brave. There is no substitute ...

A recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition suggests that the human mind treats artificial agents much like real people. Working with an active digital partner tends to lower our conscious ...

We found no strong automatic tendency to see AI or human art as inherently better or worse. This finding tells us that people don’t yet have a knee-jerk reaction or deeply held opinion about AI as ...

The internet has a long history of viral personality tests. Some ask how many animals you can see in a picture. Others ...

Color is everywhere, and yet most of us never stop to think about how deeply it shapes our lives. From the moment we open our ...

This effort has taken form in "Axis of Becoming", an AI-driven cross-cultural serious educational game grounded in ...

Sunset Boulevard, The Searchers, and The Seventh Seal remain highly regarded, and over fifty years later, are better than ever.

One of the most revealing aspects of modern conflict is not always what happens on the battlefield, but what unfolds in the ...

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