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Silence might not be deafening but it's something that literally can be heard, concludes a team of philosophers and psychologists who used auditory il

Mark Blumberg, F. Wendell Miller Professor and chair in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Keri Hornbuckle, Donald E. Bently Professor of Engineering, have been named recipients of the 2023 University of Iowa Distinguished Chair.

Studies show that we tend to speak more freely and frankly with people we don’t know, and that these brief exchanges are very beneficial to our well-being

Shifting from a high-pressure mindset to a curious one improves people's memory.

Curiosity wins the memory game! But stress can help you focus on where the money's at.

Last structural beam placed in UD's new 'science collider' laboratory

In an intriguing study, researchers from Johns Hopkins University have demonstrated that silence is not just the absence of sound but a distinct auditory experience. The team utilized auditory illusions to investigate how moments of silence can distort people's perception of time, shedding light on the age-old philosophical debate of whether humans can hear more…

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A scientist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has designed an AI system capable of identifying “social norm violations” in-text samples. World News | Israeli Researcher’s AI Identifies ‘Social Norm Violations’.

The program, funded by the U.S. military, can determined whether short texts are "positive or negative."The post Israeli researcher’s AI identifies ‘social norm violations’ appeared first on JNS.org.

This initial study offers promising evidence that the approach can be expanded to encompass more social norms.