Cognitive Processing – Page 2 – Asian Scientist Magazine

cognitive processing

Researchers in Japan have identified a brain circuit that restrains the brain's over-responsiveness to expected but unpleasant stimuli.

The human eye can spot snakes from blurred images faster than non-threatening animals such as cats or fish.

You can’t hoodwink an ape! An eye-tracking experiment shows that, like humans, chimpanzees can process false beliefs.

In taekwondo, the ability to analyze facial emotions could give you an edge in a sparring match.

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