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> Would you look where Berlusconi is looking?
Our attention is pulled in the direction of where we see other people looking....
> Are we really blind to Internet banners?
Many studies suggest people have a habit of simply ignoring web banners on Internet sites. Now a new eye-tracking study suggests there may be more to ...
> Humans also play dead when threatened
When a rabbit or other animal is trapped by a predator, it will freeze and assess the situation. It might then flee or attack, what we usually call th...
> Steve Jobs' gift to cognitive science
The ubiquity of iPhones, iPads and other miniature computers promises to revolutionise research in cognitive science, helping to overcome the discipli...
> Sweet-toothed and sweet natured?
"Honey", "Sweetheart", "Sugar": how come so many terms of endearment pertain to sweetness? Might the metaphor be grounded in a real link between sweet...
> 'Psychotic' symptoms surprisingly common
Unusual, psychotic-like symptoms, such as hearing voices, are not as rare among the general population as you might think, a new study has found....
> Can friendship triumph over prejudice?
"I'm not a racist, many of my best friends are [insert ethnic minority identifier]" ... goes the contemporary refrain. But how much does friendship re...
> Science, maths and foetal hormones
In a new study, Adriene Beltz and her team have studied males and females with congenital adrenal hyperplesia: a genetic condition, which for women in...
> On the other hand you may eat less
Much of our eating behaviour is habitual. Many of us eat biscuits with tea, nibbles before dinner, popcorn at the cinema and so on....
> Neuroticism and immersion in films
Descriptions of neurotics are typically unflattering: they're fearful, tense people, prone to catastrophise and will often shy away from challenges. W...
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