Month: January 2024

New study reveals the profound impact of forced separation between humans and their pets

Pet owners forced to be separated from their animals in crisis situations, including those who are victims of domestic violence, are suffering from a lack of support services needed to protect them. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human […]

Published on January 28, 2024

Survey Shows Benefits of Sober New Year Start

It’s good to go dry, a new study has found. The findings from research by management marketing firm Tebra, which tracked the January trends of removing alcohol from the daily lives of participants, found the medical benefits of sobriety – and its increasing popularity. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, […]

Published on January 28, 2024

Representational structures as a unifying framework for attention

Our visual system consciously processes only a subset of the incoming information. Selective attention allows us to prioritize relevant inputs, and can be allocated to features, locations, and objects. Recent advances in feature-based attention suggest that several selection principles are shared across these domains and that many differences between the effects of attention on perceptual […]

Published on January 28, 2024