Monthly Archives: May 2006

My article on Mirror Neurons

My Scientific American Mind article on mirror neurons is out, and includes some amusing and apt photographs and art. Mirror neurons, as the story explains, are motor neurons that fire not only when we perform an action (like reaching for an apple) but when we see someone else perform an action — or even, as…

It appears we perceive more than we perceive

‘Wow Factor’: Humans Perceive More Than They Think They Do: From the “Interesting If True” Department: [contextly_sidebar id="7ad6c22dc7b76234676f3055c7ef331a"]Faces tell the stories in UC Riverside Professor Larry Rosenblum’s ecological listening lab, as volunteer test subjects show that they can ‘read’ unheard speech — not just from lips, but from the simple movements of dots placed on…