In contrast with other animal species on Earth, over the course of their life, humans can develop a fairly clear idea of who they are as individuals and what sets them apart from others. This abstract ...

October 15, 2008 — When patients with generalized social phobia (GSP) read negative comments about themselves, areas of their brain involved in self perception become activated, a new study shows.

Our world is a rich tapestry of sensory information, constantly bombarding our nervous system with a vast array of stimuli. How does the brain make sense of ...

In The Dew Breaker by Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat,a young immigrant, struggling with her sense of displacement, uses the food and spices of her Haitian childhood as a perceptual ...

Anil Seth's Being You is an outstanding book. It explores one of the most difficult and perplexing topics, consciousness, in an accessible way without sacrificing scientific rigor. Amazingly, each ...

The whole concept of perception and what the brain allows us to see or not see really made “Blindness” an engrossing episode of Perception Season 2, if not a memorable one. I think it’s great that the ...