Remember the last time someone flipped you the bird? Whether or not that single finger was accompanied by spoken obscenities, you knew exactly what it meant. The conversion from movement into meaning ...

Action and perception are functionally linked in the brain, but a hotly debated question is whether perception and comprehension of stimuli depend on motor circuits. Brain language mechanisms are ...

Recent sceptical critiques of the evidence for implicit perception 15 have led to increased rigor and methodological creativity in attempts to document its existence. Although controversies remain, ...

The post-election analysis on TV this morning included a brief discussion of the “disconnect” between perception and reality regarding the economy. The reality in the discussion was that incomes have ...

When is the last time a co-worker influenced your buying decisions? Vacation spot? Type of car? Where to get lunch? It’s not just your co-workers, but you siblings, friends, and even your kids.

Kalopsia, derived from Greek roots, describes the illusion of seeing things as more beautiful or ideal than they truly are. This poetic term captures ...

The conversion from movement into meaning is both seamless and direct, because we are endowed with the capacity to speak without talking and comprehend without hearing. We can direct attention by ...