Looking Vs. Seeing

Bound by attention: Bringing rats and humans together
(Association for Psychological Science) When picking through a basket of fruit, it doesn't seem very difficult to recognize a green pear from a green...

Forgotten but not gone -- how the brain takes care of things
(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Connections between nerve cells remain intact even when temporarily put out of service.

Seeing color in 'blindsight'
(Cell Press) By manipulating the brain non-invasively in a new way with magnetic stimulation, researchers have shown that they can restore some...

How to Speed Read
Most humans can't visually process more than 300 words per minute. But the pros can whip through 1,200 words in 60 seconds like a hot knife through a...

Biochemistry: Board Review Series
BRS Biochemistry embodies the popular BRS format of succinct outline review of content followed by approximately 500 USMLE-style questions with...

Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for...
Werner Heisenberg’s “uncertainty principle” challenged centuries of scientific understanding, placed him in direct opposition to Albert...

Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius
Fresh insights into aspects of Einstein we don't usually consider: his mistakes and the role they played in the discovery of his theories.Although...