Ballerina Cappuccina, an AI-generated cartoon ballerina with a cappuccino teacup for a head, has become a viral sensation on ...

Dr Amanda Robinson from UQ’s School of Psychology led a study that investigated face pareidolia – a phenomenon where people see faces in inanimate objects – and found the human brain detected faces 90 ...

The brain is the most complicated object in the universe. It contains more than 89 billion neurons, each connected to around 7,000 other neurons that send between ten and 100 signals every second.

The apple test also introduces a spectrum of visual imagery, which shows two conditions that fall at either end: aphantasia ...

Knowing if an object is familiar or new can determine everything from survival to day-to-day functioning, and has huge implications for memory-related diseases and disorders," said senior study author ...

The extraordinary evolution of humans is often exemplified by two defining traits: large brains and highly dexterous hands. Together, they enabled the development of tools, the rise of complex ...

A University of Rhode Island study suggests that microplastics can migrate through the body and potentially disrupt memory ...

Brain scans reveal that dogs generally know that certain words stand for certain objects, researchers reported Friday in the journal Current Biology.

Over the course of their lives, humans can sometimes acquire fear responses to specific stimuli, animals, objects or ...

Close your eyes and visualize the following: a decadent piece of chocolate cake, a bouquet of fully bloomed red roses, a ...

A persistent claim circulated online that woodpeckers avoid concussions from pecking because their long tongues wrap around ...