A new test called "Is my blue your blue?" reveals how different -- or similar -- your color perceptions are compared to everyone else. First there was “the dress,” then there was the sneakers, now ...

A new study published in the Journal of Cognition provides evidence that what we know influences what we hear. Researchers found that when people listened to pairs of words and nonsense words spoken ...

Prepare to be amazed as your eyes play tricks on your mind! This video explores a variety of mind-bending visual tricks that challenge your perception and reveal the fascinating ways our brains can be ...

How is it that two people can see the same thing and have a completely different understanding of what happened? Two leaders can look at the same numbers, hear the same news or face the same challenge ...

There are some universal truths about time. There are sixty seconds in a minute. There are 365 days in a year (except for leap years that have 366, of course). There are 24 hours in every day. Try as ...

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‘Believing in people before they have proved themselves is the key to motivating people to reach their potential.” — John Maxwell In his book “Winning Every Day,” legendary football coach Lou Holtz ...

Mary had the perception that she didn’t deserve to be happy. She grew up in a household where blame was constantly conveyed. Usually, the blame fell on her and she developed the view that happiness ...

Reality isn't what you think it is. Everyday experience suggests that our senses inform us about what’s going on in the world around us. But recent advances in cognitive neuroscience suggest that we ...