Our hands are key to how we percieve space, say Hebrew University researchers

We know exactly where an object is when we say it is “within the reach of our hand.”  But if we don’t have a hand, can we still see the object just where it is?
Apparently not, say researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hadassah Hospital-Mount Scopus. The space within reach of our hands [...]

Cell phones good for schmoozing, not for health.

If there is more than one cell phone per person in a country, what does that say about the country? And, by the way, keep in mind that in a list of 212 countries from 2007, Canada only came in 112th place with a mere 0.576 phones per person. The United States was 72nd on [...]

Imagine a world without Alzheimer’s

Our brains are so precious to us and yet we still know so little about them. I am truly in awe when I think – using my brain – about this wonderful organ but researchers at Hebrew U don’t let any awestruck feelings get in the way of forging ahead to try to understand the [...]