Could complex beliefs like paranoia have roots in something as basic as vision? A new Yale study finds evidence that they might. When completing a visual perception task, in which participants had to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Temporal accumulation of evidence is crucial for making accurate judgments based on noisy or ambiguous sensory input. The integration process ...

Like snowflakes, no two people are exactly the same. You’re probably used to the idea that people differ substantially in personality and in cognitive abilities – skills like problem-solving or ...

Encoding individual behavioral traits into a low-dimensional latent representation enables the accurate prediction of decision-making patterns across distinct task conditions.

A quick nap with deep N2 sleep could unlock hidden insights, as scientists find brainwave patterns during sleep best predict those breakthrough moments. Study: N2 sleep promotes the occurrence of ‘aha ...

We tend to think of our five senses (vision, audition, smell, taste, and touch) as separate processes occurring independently within the brain and body. But, ever since the landmark studies on ...