7 Quick Takes – Are Faces Innate? (The Psychology Edition)

Another busy week, though I’m hoping it will calm down a little. What have I been up to? Uni work, mostly. Read on for Psychology in bulk. Catch up with Quick Takes at This Ain’t the Lyceum. ~1~ If you’re interested in Psychology, I did a seminar presentation today for my Science of Emotion module, …

Characters and Their Surprising Attributes

Sometimes characters traits appear random, especially from a retrospective point of view. Rion has one arm. Agnetha is claustrophobic. Charles is not as much a bachelor as the term suggests... I swear I didn't plan those things. Right now, as I edit, they are known and integral attributes of the characters, but I suspect that …

A Five-Point Revision Post

So, I did some more psychology revision, and, seeing as perception is the most interesting (and I like to claim it as my speciality 😉 ), you can have a short, five-point post looking at the evidence for separate regions and abilities within the visual cortex. How do we know that different regions of visual …