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Are We Really “Not Interested” in the Beauty of Arts?
Our appreciation of a painting is different from our appreciation of an apple. This is due to the lack of practical use of the painting, which provides the famous “disinterested pleasure”...
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Why Do We Like the Music We Like?
Music is beautiful, not ugly. According to a recent investigation at least, the adjective “beautiful” is the most used word to describe the aesthetic value of a piece of music, whereas “ugly” is...
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Empathy Towards the Performer Intensifies Music-Induced Emotion
As I already mentioned in „Music – a valuable elixir“ and in „Why do we like the music we like?“ the perception of music is a multidimensional phenomena. It is not only the beauty of the musical...
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5 Things That Will Improve Your Sports Performance Without Breaking a Sweat –...
This tip is particularly helpful when your sport requires you to reach some kind of target- be it a basket, a hole or a goal. Research shows that if you perceive this target as bigger than it actually...
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The Economy is Better In Your Mind
It’s a way of thinking and speaking that we often use when we talk about crime- “my neighborhood is ok, but over there (somewhere else), things are pretty bad.” In fact, research shows that people’s...
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Wearing Red Pays off When You’re a Waitress
Good news for waitresses: new research has reveiled a way to increase your amount of tip money, without having to put a lot of effort to it. Although it may sound strange, a recent article by Nicolas...
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Aggression, Danger, Love, Taste: What Red Does to Your Head
The colour red influences us in different, sometimes even contradictory, ways. Colour is an extraordinary motivator. We sensibly caution against waving a red rag to a bull to avoid provocation – worthy...
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Blue Eyes Mean Lies?
Study shows eye colour has an influence on our perception of trustworthiness Have you ever noticed how sometimes we get an inexplicable gut feeling of honesty from someone we have just met? And how...
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The Kanizsa Triangle: You Can’t Believe Your Eyes
A ‘perceptual hypothesis’ in your brain modulates your perception of shapes. See that black outline triangle? Good. See the other triangle created from the Pac-Men mouths? Is there really a triangle...
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Flawed Shades Of Gray
The Munker-White Illusion: flawed expectations of brightness and shadow. Take a look at the grey areas. Is one darker? Which one? Take a look at the next image. Is the grey background darker than the...
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Death Will Come and Will Have Your Eyes
Poetry or real life experience? Once upon a time there was a high school student who was struggling to write a literature essay. The student couldn’t find anything good about the writer she had to...
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