perception

Teppo Felin on Blindness, Rationality, and Perception

发表于 2018-07-23 capability blindness rationality

Teppo Felin of the University of Oxford talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about perception, cognition, and rationality. Felin argues that some of the standa…

Alberto Alesina on Immigration and Redistribution

发表于 2018-07-30 redistribution perception finds

Alberto Alesina of Harvard University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how people in the US and five European countries perceive the population and c…

Sea Otters' Powerful Paw Prey Perception

发表于 2018-09-19 otters prey adchoices

The marine mammals have extraordinarily sensitive touch—which helps them nab prey in the absence of other sensory cues. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn mo…

Musical Note Perception Can Depend on Culture

发表于 2019-09-26 musical adchoices pitch

Western ears consider a pitch at double the frequency of a lower pitch to be the same note, an octave higher. The Tsimane’, an indigenous people in the Bolivian…

Unpacking the Brain’s Role in Inventing Your Perception

发表于 2025-09-13 feltman inventing quickly

Human brains don’t just perceive reality—they invent it. In this episode of Science Quickly, cognitive neuroscientist Daniel Yon speaks with host Rachel Feltman…

Musical Pitch Perception May Have Long Evolutionary History

发表于 2016-01-28 musical adchoices pitch

A tiny primate, the marmoset, appears to process pitch perception the same way we do, implying that the ability evolved in a common ancestor at least 40 million…