Sentences with phrase «modern human perception»

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The research adds to a growing body of evidence that runs counter to the popular perception that there was a linear evolution from early primates to modern humans.

Nevertheless, the layman's common - sense view of reality is baffled by such conundrums as the nature of time and space, the reality of human freedom, quantum jumps in physics, or the claim of modern science that colors are not really present in the objects of perception but only in the mind of the beholder.

Modern scientific research shows that salting the eggplant is not actually removing most of the bitter compounds, but the added salt at least decreases the human tongue's perception of bitterness, very much like how adding a little bit of salt to bad coffee improves the taste.

He also was the first to describe the camera obscura — a box with a hole in it that captures an image for the purpose of drawing it precisely, a precursor to the modern camera — as well as examining optical illusions in - depth and the thought processes behind human visual perception.

The structure and function of the auditory system is very similar in modern humans and the first primates, suggesting high evolutionary conservation of auditory perception among species,» says Docent Irma Järvelä, the principal investigator of the study.

In recreating the modern experience of fragmentation and spectacle, both art and film explore issues of human perception and understanding of reality that were part of the intellectual climate of their day.»