A century after Erwin Schrödinger sketched out a bold vision for how we perceive color, scientists have finally filled in the missing pieces. A Los Alamos team used advanced geometry to show that hue, ...
What we call “pretty” is far less fixed than it feels. Research shows that attraction is shaped by biology, psychology, culture, familiarity, and emotional context—meaning beauty is not just seen, ...
Researchers examined decades of data to create a unifying theory to explain biases in perception. Photo-Illustration: Martha Morales/The University of Texas at Austin How humans perceive the world ...
Introduction : Cloven tongues of fire -- Modern chromatics : Ogden Rood and the wrong-workings of the eye -- From chemistry to phanerochemistry : Charles Sanders Peirce and the semiotic of color -- ...
This seasonal celebration of hands-on tinkering and experimentation invites everyone to create, explore, and color their ...
The way we understand the movement of our own bodies plays an important role when learning physical skills, from sports to dancing. But a new study finds this phenomenon works very differently for ...
New research reveals why different organic acids produce unique sour tastes and why some people enjoy intense puckering sensations.
From helping people cope with age-related disorders to altering our perception of physical pain, music's impact on our bodies ...
Dan Brown’s latest thriller, The Secret of Secrets, follows neuroscientist Katherine Solomon as she reports how low GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the nervous system, expands consciousness.