How You Feel the World Impacts How You See It
In the classic waterfall illusion, if you stare at the downward motion of a waterfall for some period of time, stationary objects -- like rocks -- appear to drift upward. MIT neuroscientists have found...
View ArticleDepression does 'make your brown eyes blue'
It's more than just feeling bad. Clinical depression affects the way we process information in the brain, negatively affecting memory, attention span, and the brain's ability to learn new things. Now...
View Article'Curve ball' wins international illusion contest
Science has proven what baseball players have known for more than a hundred years, the curve ball is more powerful than the brain.
View ArticleVision researchers see unexpected gain a year into blindness trial
Scientists have discovered that even in adults born with extremely impaired sight, the brain can rewire itself to recognize sections of the retina that have been restored by gene therapy.
View ArticleNew study suggests the brain predicts what eyes in motion will see
When the eyes move, objects in the line of sight suddenly jump to a different place on the retina, but the mind perceives the scene as stable and continuous. A new study reports that the brain predicts...
View ArticleA road of no return: Team implements the first '1-way roads' for light
Light readily bounces off obstacles in its path. Some of these reflections are captured by our eyes, thus participating in the visual perception of the objects around us. In contrast to this usual...
View ArticleIncreased success a 'virtual' certainty for rugby players (w/ Video)
Rugby players worldwide could benefit from a new virtual reality training programme created at Queen's University Belfast. Team members from Ulster Rugby have been working with researchers in the...
View ArticleLooming sounds boost visual perception
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it’s the sound of a speeding car approaching from out of the blue, or the faint echo of footsteps following you along a dark street, such looming sounds not only make our ears...
View ArticleCan we 'learn to see?': Study shows perception of invisible stimuli improves...
Although we assume we can see everything in our field of vision, the brain actually picks and chooses the stimuli that come into our consciousness. A new study in the Association for Research in Vision...
View ArticleStudy: New brain scan better detects earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease in...
A new type of brain scan, called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), appears to be better at detecting whether a person with memory loss might have brain changes of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new...
View ArticleDesign vs. dyslexia: UC innovation promises new hope for children with...
Reading and retaining information. That's the challenge faced by the one in five children who have some form of dyslexia.
View ArticleThe scientific brain: Human brain processes predictable sensory input in...
(PhysOrg.com) -- It turns out that there is a striking similarity between how the human brain determines what is going on in the outside world and the job of scientists. Good science involves...
View ArticleBeauty is in the eye of the beholder? Actually, in its neurons
A novel research project spearheaded by the University of Leicester and part-funded by The Leverhulme Trust aims to shed new light on the way people perceive art.
View ArticleVisual perception heightened by meditation training
(PhysOrg.com) -- Intensive mental training has a measurable effect on visual perception, according to a new study from the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. People...
View ArticleSpot the difference predicts model of human visual attention
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a computerized game of 'spot the difference', people are more likely to notice things added or removed than even major changes in colour.
View ArticlePsychological research conducted in WEIRD nations may not apply to global...
A new University of British Columbia study says that an overreliance on research subjects from the U.S. and other Western nations can produce false claims about human psychology and behavior because...
View ArticleBrain fitness program study reveals visual memory improvement in older adults
A commercial brain fitness program has been shown to improve memory in older adults, at least in the period soon after training. The findings are the first to show that practicing simple visual tasks...
View ArticleWhat the doctor prescribes: Customized medical-image databases
Digital archives of biomedical images could someday put critical information at doctors' fingertips within seconds, illustrating how computers can improve the way medicine is practiced. The current...
View ArticleVideo games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate
Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster. The researchers found that video game players...
View ArticleInteraction with neighbors: Neuronal field simulates brain activity
The appearance of a spot of light on the retina causes sudden activation of millions of neurons in the brain within tenths of milliseconds. At the first cortical processing stage, the primary visual...
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