We are quite good at spotting unexpected objects while focused on another activity if they are moving fast, reveals a new study by a team of New York University researchers. Their findings cast doubt ...

Academic performance dropped significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and students are not bouncing back. A study conducted by the Northwest Evaluation Association looked at test scores of students ...

I ran into an old Navy buddy the other day and we got to chatting about old sea stories and catching up on recent events. At a point in our discussion my mind shifted gears. Call it a squirrel moment, ...

The invisible gorilla experiment illustrates the failure in our cognitive ability to notice an unexpected stimulus in our field of vision. The illusion of attention is even more pervasive as it ...

In the late 1990s, two Harvard psychologists ran a now-famous experiment. In it, students watched a short video of six people ...

You are driving on a highway, trying to recall the items you need to grab at the grocery store. Milk, eggs, tomatoes … what was the last one? Suddenly, as you focus on the list, you realize you've ...