The primary sense for humans is vision. We depend on it in every aspect of our lives, and it is pretty straightforward. Speech, on the other hand, is multimodal, meaning it relies on both auditory ...

A team of researchers suggests that four key brain patterns and behaviors that indicate conscious awareness in adults could be used to test consciousness in infants. For example, a telltale brain ...

Abstract: Multisensory integration influences emotional perception, as the McGurk effect demonstrates for the communication between humans. Human physiology implicitly links the production of visual ...

Are you old enough to remember the “Magic Eye” optical illusion mania that gripped the nation in the 90’s—random patterns that you had to squint at just right for the 3D image to pop out? It turns out ...

Milad Haghani does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

No corporation looms as large over the American economy as Walmart. It is both the country’s biggest private employer, known for low pay, and its biggest retailer, known for low prices. In that sense, ...

A man was beaten to death inside a home on Toledo’s south side. For more than seven years, the case was cold. Then a major break.

Assembled entirely from archival footage, this potent documentary, playing the Telluride Film Festival, charts how U.S. policy on climate change morphed from serious good intentions to outright denial ...

Now that we are reaching the 15th anniversary of this blog, I am reviewing many of the conclusions that have been presented in it throughout the years. The review began in our last post, which covered ...