Tag: Cognition

At least a significant portion of their supporters, according to U of Aarhus researchers. When two competing political parties in Denmark reversed their policy stance on an issue — suddenly they both supported reducing unemployment benefits — their voters immediately moved their opinions by around 15% into line with their party. The same thing happened … Read more

The brain interprets sounds as they contrast with its expectations; it recognizes patterns of sounds faster when they’re in line with what it is predicting it will hear, but it only encodes sounds when they contrast with expectations, according to Technische U researchers. The researchers showed this by monitoring the two principal nuclei of the … Read more