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Expectations speed up conscious perception

The human brain works incredibly fast. However, visual impressions are so complex that their processing takes several hundred milliseconds before they enter our consciousness. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt …

Border collie comprehends over 1,000 object names

Spartanburg, S.C., USA, 6 January, 2010 — Researchers at Wofford College discovered that a Border Collie comprehends the names of over 1000 objects, differentiating between names of objects and orders to fetch them. This research deepens the findi…