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Do We See the Same Colors as Others? Study Suggests Brains Respond to the Same Hues in Similar Ways

Using MRI scans, researchers found that participants’ patterns of brain activity were alike when looking at certain colors.
Medical Xpress

Strangers whose brains respond alike to movie clips often become friends later, study finds

People often bond with strangers over the books they read or the movies they watch and build friendships that last. Scientists may now have some insight into why this happens. A study published in ...
WAMC

Scientists study how people would react to a neurotic robot personality in real life

In science fiction, robots can be neurotic. Think "Star Wars" and C-3PO. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE") ANTHONY DANIELS: (As C-3PO) What are we going to do? We'll be sent to ...
Pew Research Center

From political speeches to songs, how would Americans react if they found out AI was involved?

Responses to all seven scenarios that we asked about lean more negative than positive. But many Americans don’t express an ...