Overestimating Steepness Is the Rule, Not the Exception The research team, led by psychology professor Dennis Shaffer at The Ohio State University, wanted to explore why people almost always ...

Misophonia is a condition in which people experience intense, negative physical and emotional reactions to certain trigger sounds. Trigger sounds often include everyday orofacial sounds, like chewing, ...

It was supposed to be the TV event of the year: the cast of Friends reunited for the first time since the series finale in 2004. But the media and especially the social media could talk about only one ...

We study how sensory information (e.g., vision, audition) is processed and evaluated by humans and animals, such as bees, mice, and chicks. As part of our research, we investigate perceptual processes ...

Patricia DeLucia has spent decades studying something many of us never think about: judgments about collisions that are crucial for safety. But the roots of her research stretch back to her childhood, ...