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Psychological and brain science

Barren shelves at a supermarket

Oh, the humanity

Published March 19, 2020

Why are people hoarding toilet paper during the coronavirus outbreak? It takes restraint to resist our instincts in the face of social dilemmas, JHU professor says.

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Cognitive science

Conceptualizing color

Published Fall 2019

Studies from Marina Bedny and Judy Kim suggest people born blind have a rich understanding of visual concepts that is not based solely on what they've been told / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Brain science

Study may shed light on age-related cognitive decline

Published Aug 5, 2019

In some older adults, fibers connecting the front and back of the brain have been damaged over the years, making it harder to recall information

Psychology

How do blind adults learn about animal appearance?

Published May 22, 2019

Study finds that people born blind develop rich and accurate ideas about appearance based on cultural inference

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Brain science

Study: Treats might mask animal intelligence

Published May 14, 2019

Using rewards might incrementally improve learning, but new study reveals that performance overall improves when rewards aren't available

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Mind games

Do you see what AI sees?

Published March 22, 2019

Artificial intelligence can be fooled by abstract images—but can humans see why?

Neuroscience

Owl study offers clues to human attention

Published Oct 30, 2018

Owls help JHU scientists unlock the secret of how the brain pays attention

Bat signals

Brain science, unleashed

Published April 10, 2018

Wireless devices record brain activity of bats, helping researchers better understand what happens in the brain as we move through the world

A close-up of a woman's face while she wears what looks like a swimming cap with blinking lights and attachments to it

VIDEO

A better look at brain behavior

Published Jan 4, 2018

Electroencephalography cap helps scientists understand what we pay attention to—and what we ignore

Still of a bat in a box

Brain science

Can you hear me now?

Published June 6, 2017

Astonishingly speedy brain mechanism—10 times faster than the blink of an eye—helps bats get louder when necessary