Most people can probably sympathize with the uncomfortable encounter with someone you think you know but aren’t quite sure if you do yet they look so familiar or perhaps you can’t quite place their face to a name and are secretly hoping someone will ask first? The brain’s capacity to find and recognize faces is…
Read MoreThe Web of Deceit
We’ve all heard that it is in human nature to deceive people. Whether it is a malicious lie or a “harmless” white lie, we all do it especially when there is something big on the line (say a relationship or money). Well, the Internet is no exception to the fallibility of human beings. According to…
Read MoreLook Into My Eyes
In the past many studies have been conducted on children with autism and social disorders such as bipolar disorder and mood dysregulation. It has been well documented that children with these disorders have problems identifying facial expressions of emotion but little has been know of why. New research has discovered why children with these social…
Read MoreThe Evolution of Language
Humans have learned a lot about our growth as a species through the study of apes and ape culture, and now the latest scientific evidence suggests that language originated with our hands. Scientist are now focusing on how we convey information and io9 evolution writes that how we make the sounds of language – which…
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