Ancient Chinese poetry is constituted by structured language that deviates from ordinary language usage [1, 2]; its poetic...
Cognition
Listening to birdsong reveals basic features of rate perception...
The timing of acoustic events is central to human speech and music. Tempo tends to be slower in aesthetic contexts: rates...
A cat-and-mouse game: The brain has two systems for thinking...
The brain seems to have two different systems through which we can put ourselves into the shoes of someone else. These two...
Stroke: When the system fails for the second time
After a stroke, there is an increased risk of suffering a second one. Until now, it was known that if areas in the left...
The anticipation of events in time
Humans anticipate events signaled by sensory cues. It is commonly assumed that two uncertainty parameters modulate the...
Virtual “moonwalk” for science reveals distortions...
In order to orient ourselves in space, and to find our way around, we form mental maps of our surroundings. But what...
The Science of a Billboard Hit Song
Why is it that people find songs such as James Taylor’s “Country Roads,” UB40’s “Red, Red Wine,” or The...
Can our thoughts alter our brains?
Brain-computer interfaces have a structural impact on brain substance after one hour’s training. Brain-computer...
Continuous ratings of movie watching reveal idiosyncratic...
Visual aesthetic experiences unfold over time, yet most of our understanding of such experiences comes from experiments...
Mothers’ behavior influences bonding hormone oxytocin in babies
A new epigenetic study suggests that mothers’ behavior can also have a substantial impact on their children’s...