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Amy Robbins is an independent journalist reporting on human perception and cognitive quirks. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, she took on reporting internships at a local paper before writing features for digital lifestyle publications. She studied journalism as an undergraduate. Robbins focuses on optical illusions and how the senses process everyday signals.

How Does Lucid Dreaming Work, Scientifically?Sleep
How Gratitude Rewires Your Brain: The Neuroscience Mental Health
What Are Dreams Based On? The Science Explained Sleep
Why Does Heartbreak Hurt So Bad? The Science Explained Mental Health
What Is Laughter? The Science Behind Why We Laugh Mental Health
Is the Self an Illusion? Brain Science and Philosophy Brain & Nerves
Is Consciousness Energy or Matter—or Neither?Physics
Can Dreams Be Recorded? What the Science Says Sleep
What Helps Us See Color? From Light to Brain Eyes & ENT
What Is the Fastest Human Sense?Biology
Are Fish Self-Aware? The Science of Animal Cognition Zoology
Are Mice Sentient? The Science of Animal Experience Zoology
Can Humans See in the Dark? The Science of Night Vision Biology
What Is Retinal Disparity and How Does It Work?Eyes & ENT
Can Animals See Orange? The Science of Color Vision Zoology
When Was Muscular Dystrophy First Discovered?Healthcare
How Many Senses Do Animals Have?Zoology
Do Animals Have a Sixth Sense? The Science Explained Zoology
What Is the Rubber Hand Illusion and How Does It Work?Brain & Nerves
When Was Aphantasia Discovered and Named?Brain & Nerves
Why Is Everything So Loud? The Science of Sound Sensitivity Eyes & ENT
What Are Whole Brainers? The Myth and the Reality Brain & Nerves
What Is Visual Movement and How Does It Work?Physics
Do Fish Dream? What Science Says About Sleep and Dreams Aquatic
Why Are Humans Sentient? The Science of Feeling and Awareness Biology
What Is Color Perception and How Does It Work?Eyes & ENT
Can Humans See in 3D? The Science of Depth Perception Physics
What Is the Fastest Reaction Time for a Human?Physics
Why Do We See Red? The Science of Color Perception Physics
How Many Teraflops Is the Human Brain?Physics