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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: perception

perception stories: 4 news summaries

Informal Pics Capture Real You: Study

'Spontaneous' photos reveal personality better than posed shots

Nov 9, 09 2:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The way you pose for photos telegraphs your personality and can even change the way other people interpret it. Photo subjects were rated on 10 personality traits through self-description and interviews with friends, and researchers then let study participants loose. Though self-esteem and extraversion come across easily, traits like likeability... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • photograph • perception • scientific study • personality trait • appearance

 Babies Ready 
 to Rock at Birth 

Infants can perceive rhythmic regularity

Jan 27, 09 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Babies are born ready to get in the groove, a new study suggests. Researchers played repetitive rock beats for infants, and when “metrically-unimportant” aspects of the music were absent, the babies’ auditory activity didn’t change much. But if there was a shift in the rhythm—for instance, if... More »

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music • study • brain • baby • perception • rhythm

analysis

 Hamas: We're 
 Winning the 
 Sympathy War  

Group sees political gains in the face of casualties

Jan 6, 09 3:56 PM CST
(Newser) - The casualties—most of them civilians—are appalling, but Hamas still sees itself coming out the winner in Israel’s devastating Gaza offensive, Time reports. In a war of “perception,” write Jamil Hamad and Tony Karon, Hamas is reaping sympathy from the wide distribution of images of suffering... More »

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Israel • politics • Palestine • Hamas • perception • Arab Israeli conflict

Sleight of Hand Gets the Academic Treatment

Magicians break code for benefit of science

Aug 21, 07 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Magicians got in on the act at this summer’s Magic of Consciousness conference, hobnobbing with—and even tricking—cognitive scientists as they helped dissect their own profession. The New York Times visits Las Vegas, where master illusionists were welcomed for what one scientist calls "their specific interest in... More »

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magic • perception • consciousness • Daniel Dennett • Penn and Teller • magician

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