How to Tell if Someone is Lying
People lie. Some people lie a lot and proficiently. Given this unsettling (and somewhat unsurprising) fact, an objective means by which …
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Cognitive Load, Working Memory and Pupil Size
John Sweller developed cognitive load theory in the late 1980s to explain how a task’s difficulty level can affect our ability to …
Reading Profile of Adults with Dyslexia
Reading involves a very characteristic “stop-start” or “fixate-saccade” sequence of eye movements. During fixations, the eye …
Dyslexia in Adults
There is a large body of academic research that documents profound differences in reading skills between children with and without …
Dyslexia Definition
Dyslexia is a neurobiological learning disorder that affects a person’s ability to read. This basic description hides the …
Dogs Eye Track & Anticipate Frisbee Destination
Our ability to predict a moving object’s destination can be very useful. For example, predicting where a flying rock will be in a few …
Perceiving Klimt
In the sketch below, you can see the tree’s tangled branches and leaves under a brightly lit moon. The artist’s realistic …
How to Improve Second Language Learning
When learning vocabulary in a new language, it is quite common to just repeat (over and over and over again) the to-be-remembered word. …
When do babies track objects?
It is not uncommon to see an adult hold up a finger and move it across a baby’s field of view to determine if the baby can fixate …
Evidence for Implicit Theory of Mind
Having the ability to understand things from another person’s viewpoint is critical for successful social interactions and …
Meaning Guides Eye Movements
Peripheral vision is optimized to detect movement and large shapes. For example, in the above image, a person looking at the green field …
The Magic of Change Blindness
Magicians are generous to researchers. Not only do their tricks inspire scientific questions, but those tricks also provide spellbinding …