Misophonia is a condition in which people experience intense, negative physical and emotional reactions to certain trigger sounds. Trigger sounds often include everyday orofacial sounds, like chewing, ...

During her training in anthropology, Dorsa Amir, now at Duke University, became fascinated with the Müller-Lyer illusion. The illusion is simple: one long horizontal line is flanked by arrowheads on ...

Overestimating Steepness Is the Rule, Not the Exception The research team, led by psychology professor Dennis Shaffer at The Ohio State University, wanted to explore why people almost always ...