I was a nerdy kid who got bullied a lot. So, even after I grew to an athletic six feet at 16, I still got nervous whenever I encountered a tough-looking guy. I’d feel the anxiety in my solar plexus as ...

We need to be aware of our body to move properly, and we have special neurons in our muscles that can tell our brain what various parts of our body is doing. Our sixth sense, proprioception, is ...

You probably know that we have a sixth sense, named proprioception, which allows us to know where we are in space and helps us "to put one foot in front of the other to walk without looking at your ...

Princeton University researchers recently published a whimsical study that explores why people subconsciously treat the focus of someone’s gaze as a force-carrying beam projected by the eyes. It’s not ...

Piers Howe from the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences has debunked the myth of having a "sixth sense" -- also known as ESP -- by carrying out what he claims to be the first scientific study ...

The study, published today in the journal PLOS ONE, found that people could reliably sense when a change had occurred, even when they could not see exactly what had changed. For example, a person ...

The Navy is pulling an M. Night Shyamalan. In a tough fight, rely on a "sixth sense," say its mad scientists, not just your reasoning skills. That's the way to win wars. Promising "new insights into ...