perception
Sound and vision work hand in hand
Our senses of sight and hearing work closely together, perhaps more than people realize, a new UCLA psychology study shows. “If we think of the perceptual system as a democracy where each sense is like a person casting a vote and all votes are count…
Even unconsciously, sound helps us see
“Imagine you are playing ping-pong with a friend. Your friend makes a serve. Information about where and when the ball hit the table is provided by both vision and hearing. Scientists have believed that each of the senses produces an estimate relevant …
Looking at a tough hill to climb? Depends on your point of view
COLUMBUS, Ohio — People tend to overestimate the steepness of slopes — and psychologists studying the phenomenon have made a discovery that refutes common ideas about how we perceive inclines in general.
For more than a decade, researchers thou…
IU study: Humans’ critical ability to throw long distances aided by an illusion
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Can’t help molding some snow into a ball and hurling it or tossing a stone as far into a lake as you can? New research from Indiana University and the University of Wyoming shows how humans, unlike any other species on Earth, re…
