Kevin Lieber of Vsauce2 examines how numerical optical tricks uncover the hidden mysteries of cognition.

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The results from the third task were more surprising. When the task was more difficult—when the number values were closer together—people's reactions were slower and less accurate. But the level of ...

When you’re shopping for a fuel‑efficient car, a number like 32 miles per gallon can feel like a simple reference point. But describe that number a different way, like how many gallons it takes to get ...

The premise to one of the best films of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival sounds more like an imaginative feature than a real-life documentary: When a group of anonymous online thieves steal highly ...

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In April, many around the world witnessed "The Beast Incarnate" Brock Lesnar untie his boots and leave those and his fighting gloves in the center of the ring at WrestleMania 42. It felt like Oba Femi ...

Imagine taking out a 12-inch ruler and finding that the number 12 is on the left side and the number 1 is on the right side. For most native English speakers, this would be disorienting. We are used ...