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In A Puerto Rican Mountain Town, Hope Ebbs And Health Suffers

CASTAÑER, Puerto Rico — Helicopters from the power company buzz across the skies of this picturesque valley, ferrying electrical poles on long wires to workers standing on steep hillsides. The people of Castañer, an isolated village in Puerto Rico’s central mountains, watch warily. Crews have come and gone, and people living along the mountain roads […]

Published on April 19, 2018

We can recognize speakers only from how faces move when talking

Results of a new study by psychologists and speech scientists should help to settle a long-standing disagreement among cognitive psychologists about the information we use to recognize people speaking to us. The study shows that listeners can use visual dynamic features to learn to recognize who is talking. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David […]

Published on April 18, 2018

Overcoming bias about music takes work

Expectations and biases play a large role in our enjoyment of experiences such as art and wine. Now, researchers have found that simply being told that a performer is a professional or a student changes the way the brain responds to music, and overcoming this bias takes a deliberate effort. Read Full Article (External Site) […]

Published on April 18, 2018