How the Brain Links Gestures, Perception, and Meaning Neuroscience has found that gestures are not merely important as tools of expression but as guides of cognition and perception. Michelle ...

A central question about the human mind is whether perception is an encapsulated process driven purely by sensory information or whether it is intricately linked with cognitive processes. This debate ...

How is it that two people can see the same thing and have a completely different understanding of what happened? Two leaders can look at the same numbers, hear the same news or face the same challenge ...

When I was in high school, my friend switched sodas on me one day. I thought I was taking a swig of Coca Cola, but he had replaced it with cream soda. I immediately spit it out, thinking it tasted ...

A well-placed plot twist can make viewers watch a film a second time, as it can recontextualize the entire storyline. For instance, a surprising turning point that reveals that the culprit in a ...

Remember the last time someone flipped you the bird? Whether or not that single finger was accompanied by spoken obscenities, you knew exactly what it meant. The conversion from movement into meaning ...