According to a new scientific study, it would appear that the human brain is in the habit of processing visual and audio information in similar manners, as in it uses the same type of “encryption” for both types of information. The new study was conducted using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)... |
13 August 2009
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Acuity is one of the handful of free iPhone apps I've had the pleasure of testing this week. Developed by a company called Intellicore, Acuity is a powerful questionnaire-based application that can accurately tell you whether or not you have good eye sight. Ever had the impression you might have trouble distingu... |
12 May 2009
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Designer Bruno Fosi has come up with a cool idea to make Apple's iPhone usable in the hands of the visually impaired. Yanko Design touts the idea as “brilliant,” pointing out to the benefits of functions like text to speech and moon type tactile feedback. “As wonderful as the iPhone is, it leav... |
2 December 2008
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Researchers place the final development stage of the artificial lens that would be able to restore a perfect vision both to short- and long-sighted people 5 years from now. With age, human sight becomes less accurate, mainly due to the fact that the lens of the human eye becomes harder and less flexible. Since ... |
12 September 2008
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Since it was launched in 1998, Viagra has been consumed by over 20 million men just as a prescription. Many others, especially young, take it for fun. This should be the last resort. And its use must be carefully controlled. The side effects of the Viagra can be very nasty. Studies show that sildenafil (the active in... |
28 February 2008
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There are many public persons, hidden gays, like actors or singers, which consider that they have managed to fool us for a lifetime. Besides the fact that this is hard to do, in fact we are able to assess sexuality in just one fraction of second, just based on some photos. This is now a scientifically proven fact, st... |
21 January 2008
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Dogs have evolved from wolves. And wolves are nocturnal predators; you can see that very well by analyzing the behavior of stray dog packs. The same dogs that seem very quiet and calm during the day will attack any human passing through their "territory" at night. Indeed, at night or in a forest, eyesight does not he... |
9 November 2007
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We live in an urban jungle, but lurking dangers differ from those found in nature. Like Stone Age hunter-gatherers, modern people are still more capable of spotting predators and prey, instead of what can really kill us in a city. A new research shows that humans are still much more skilled to observe other people an... |
5 October 2007
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A baby may be sunshine for the parents, but sunshine for the baby is really harmful. There is a higher risk of myopia later in life. About 25 % of myopia cases seem to be caused by a too great exposure to sunlight in the first weeks of life. It was already known that over-exposure to sunlight caused myopia in animals... |
25 September 2007
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Have you been trying for over an hour to figure out what that Picasso picture depicts?You should try it in complete silence...Because a new research reveals that what we hear can impair what we see. These findings could explain us how illusions are induced in the visual cortex, due to rapid integration of auditory an... |
12 April 2007
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The human eye, during normal everyday vision, moves around a scene, giving the brain time to focus attention on relevant items, such as a snake curled in the path. Evolutionarily speaking, survival often depends on extracting vital information in one glance, so that we jump out of danger's way before we even re... |
3 April 2007
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