According to the multiple highly-regarded, non-partisan economic research firms, President Obama's economic stimulus package, which will likely ultimately cost around $862 billion, has in its ...

A new study published in Science has identified the thalamus as a central player in how humans become consciously aware of ...

The same stimulus may be present in our environment, ... Perception serves as a filter or gate-keeper so that we are not overwhelmed by all the stimuli that bombard us.

Beijing Normal University-led researchers have identified specific high-order thalamic nuclei that drive human conscious perception by activating the prefrontal cortex. Their findings enhance ...

Perception establishes the meaning about a product or brand when a consumer makes initial contact. In marketing, this is described as consumer information processing. At this stage all of the ...

Cracking The Perception Code Date: August 2, 2005 Source: ... Theoretically, there are many ways in which neurons could relay information about stimulus frequency, Romo said.

If exposed to a stimulus longer than the duration the brain was adapted to, the participant overestimated time and if exposed to a shorter stimulus, the participant underestimated time. This can ...

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, researchers have captured pictures of the brain while patients experienced a pain stimulus with and without acupuncture to determine acupuncture's ...