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Despite the widespread use of mobile phones and tablets in our everyday lives, this is the first study to empirically test how users' eyes follow commonly used mobile app elements.

Phil Tippett founded his namesake company, Tippett Studio, in 1984 after making his name as head of the animation and creature design for George Lucas’ Star Wars films The Locarno Film Festival will be celebrating U.S. animator and visual effects artist Phil Tippett, winner of two Oscars for his work on ‘The Return of the Jedi’ and ‘Jurassic Park’, with a lifetime achievement award.According to Variety, Locarno’s upcoming edition will also host the world premiere of Tippett’s long-gestating experimental stop-motion film ‘Mad God’, said to be set in a Miltonesque world of monsters, mad scientists, and war pigs, and funded by fans through Kickstarter. The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to the international indie cinema is on track to hold its 74th edition as an in-person event from August 4 to 14, barring coronavirus complications.Locarno will fete Tippett with its Vision Award Ticinomoda, which celebrates the achievements of creative artists whose work behind the scenes “has…

A new study discovered that talented dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four times Preliminary evidence shows that though most dogs do not learn words (i.e. names of objects) unless very extensively trained, a few individuals have shown some exceptional abilities by learning new words after hearing them only four times. The Family Dog Project research team at the Department of Ethology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest is investigating these exceptionally talented dogs who seem to learn words in the absence of any formal training, but simply by being exposed to playing with their owners in the typical way owners do, in a human family.A new study, published in the journal ‘Scientific Reports’, has provided surprising results about how quickly gifted dogs can learn new words. Two gifted dogs, a Border Collie named Whisky, from Norway, already famous for her spontaneous categorization skills, and a Yorkshire terrier named Vicky Nina, from Brazil, participated…

After Several Years of Struggling under the Chinese Control, Mongolia received its independence in 1911. The Independence Day of Mongolia is celebrated on 29th December Every year. Mongolia celebrates Independence Day every year on 29th December. This day mars the independence declaration of Mongolia from the Manchu Qing Empire. It is a very important day in the history of Mongolia. In 1911, they declared independence from China. This day is declared as a public day. This day is also known as the National Revolution of Freedom and Independence Day.  History and Background Outer Mongolia had been a territory of the Chinese Qing Dynasty from the end of 17th Century. At the start of the 20th century, the Qing Dynasty implemented cultural assimilation policies to intensify the Chinese identity of the Outer Mongolian Territory. In 1911, the Xinhai Revolution overthrew the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China. With the ongoing turmoil in China, the…

Study finds memories of past events retain remarkable fidelity even as we age Washington [US]: Scientists studying the complex relationship between ageing and memory have found that in a controlled experiment, people can remember the details about past events with a surprising 94 per cent accuracy, even accounting for age.These results, published in the journal Psychological Science, suggest that the stories we tell about past events are accurate, although details tend to fade with time. “These results are surprising to many, given the general pessimism about memory accuracy among scientists and the prevalent idea that memory for one-time events is not to be trusted,” said Nicholas Diamond, the study’s lead researcher, a former graduate student at Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute (RRI), and currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.About 400 academics, including memory scientists, surveyed as part of this study estimated memory accuracy to be around 40% at best, expecting this score to…

Philosophy creates intellectual conditions needed for the peace and achievement of the global goals Significance and History Every year the third Thursday of November is observed as the World Philosophy Day. This day was proclaimed by UNESCO, which was first celebrated on 21st November 2002. The enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought is underlined by UNESCO. World Philosophy Day is owned by anyone, anywhere, who cares about philosophy and not by UNESCO. In 2005, when this day was established, UNESCO’s General Conference highlighted the importance of philosophy and its impact on culture and values. UNESCO has strong ties with philosophy, especially critical questioning which gives meaning to life. On this day, all the UNESCO partners are encouraged to organize activities. The activities are usually around the theme of the day. The activities range from philosophical dialogues to workshops. The participation of scientists and philosophers from various branches is welcome. Image Source:…

According to the study, Music helps to flood your system with pleasurable emotions & joyful memories November 09, 2020 (Washington): About portion of individuals get chills when tuning in to music. Neuroscientists situated in France have now utilized electroencephalogram (EEG) to connect chills to numerous cerebrum districts associated with enacting prize and joy frameworks. The outcomes were distributed in Frontiers in Neuroscience. Thibault Chabin and partners at the Universite de Bourgogne Franche-Comte in Besancon EEG-examined the cerebrums of 18 French members who consistently experience chills when tuning in to their number one melodic pieces. In a poll, they were approached to show when they encountered chills, and rate their level of delight from them. “Members of our examination had the option to correctly specify “chill-delivering” minutes in the melodies, however most melodic chills happened in numerous pieces of the concentrates and not just in the anticipated minutes,” said Chabin. At the point when the members…

The person will get joyful memories by listening to favourite music Washington [US]: We all know when our favourite song is played in a car or at a concert, it fills us with pleasurable emotion, gives us joyful memories and even send a shiver or chill down to our spine.About half of people get chills when listening to music. Neuroscientists based in France have now used electroencephalogram (EEG) to link chills to multiple brain regions involved in activating reward and pleasure systems. The results were published in Frontiers in Neuroscience.Thibault Chabin and colleagues at the Universite de Bourgogne Franche-Comte in Besancon EEG-scanned the brains of 18 French participants who regularly experience chills when listening to their favourite musical pieces. In a questionnaire, they were asked to indicate when they experienced chills, and rate their degree of pleasure from them. Image Source: Digpu “Participants of our study were able to precisely indicate “chill-producing” moments in the…