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Optical illusions reveal regular waves of brain activity enable visual feature integration

Neuroscience NewsMay 21, 2019

Optical illusions are helping researchers better understand attention and visual perception. Findings suggest attention operates periodically on the perceptual binding of visual information.... Read More...

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Brain Represents Optical Illusion as Delayed Reality

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 18, 2019

Researchers report the same subset of neurons encode actual and illusory flow motion, supporting the concept Jan Purkinje proposed 150 years ago, that "illusions contain visual truth".... Read More...

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Time-Traveling Illusion Tricks the Brain

Neuroscience NewsOctober 9, 2018

Researchers have developed two new illusions that shed light on how our senses can influence each other, specifically, how the presence of audio can influence visual illusions.... Read More...

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Teaching Computers to See Optical Illusions

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 21, 2018

Researchers have created a deep learning algorithm that can be tricked by optical illusions, just like humans. The findings shed new light on the human visual system and may help improve artificial vision.... Read More...

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A Neurological Synergy in Explaining the Processing of Optical Illusions

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 4, 2018

Researchers have uncovered what they are calling 'neurological synergy' which occurs during visual adaptation.... Read More...

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Illusory Motion Reproduced by Deep Neural Networks Trained for Perception

Neuroscience NewsMarch 20, 2018

Researchers have successfully reproduced illusory motion in deep neural networks that were trained for perception. The DNNs were able to accurately reproduce the direction of illusory rotation humans observe while looking at a popular optical illusion. ... Read More...

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Optical Illusion Gives Insight Into How We Perceive the World

Neuroscience NewsMarch 6, 2018

Short cues can give our brains the context needed to distinguish between two identical images, researchers say.... Read More...

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Three Visual Illusions That Reveal the Hidden Workings of the Brain

Neuroscience NewsAugust 1, 2017

When it comes to optical illusions, the brain must make educated guesses based on the ambiguous information entering the visual system, researchers say.... Read More...

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Exposure to a Common Visual Illusion May Enhance Your Ability to Read Fine Print

Neuroscience NewsJuly 12, 2017

According to University of York researchers, the ability to read fine print may be enhanced following exposure to a common visual illusion. The researchers found visual acuity may be enhanced by the expanding motion aftereffect optical illusion.... Read More...

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Sleight of Hand: Researchers Work Their Magic on Shrunken Finger Illusion

Neuroscience NewsMarch 31, 2016

Researchers report the visual system, not our conscious minds, are behind how we perceive an optical illusion.... Read More...

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Explaining the Mechanism Behind Optical Illusions

Neuroscience NewsMarch 30, 2016

A new study reports the optical illusion tricks you see could be your brain reacting to feedback between neurons in different parts of the visual system.... Read More...

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The God Brain: Roundtable Discussion on God and Spirituality for Brain Games

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 15, 2016

Is belief in God innate in our brains, as if it were installed by some divine programmer? Or is spirituality a more complex evolving adaptation that has both helped and harmed us as a species? National Geographic's Brain Games asks Neuroscience News.... Read More...

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optical illusions

Optical illusions reveal regular waves of brain activity enable visual feature integration

Brain Represents Optical Illusion as Delayed Reality

Time-Traveling Illusion Tricks the Brain

Teaching Computers to See Optical Illusions

A Neurological Synergy in Explaining the Processing of Optical Illusions

Illusory Motion Reproduced by Deep Neural Networks Trained for Perception

Optical Illusion Gives Insight Into How We Perceive the World

Three Visual Illusions That Reveal the Hidden Workings of the Brain

Exposure to a Common Visual Illusion May Enhance Your Ability to Read Fine Print

Sleight of Hand: Researchers Work Their Magic on Shrunken Finger Illusion

Explaining the Mechanism Behind Optical Illusions

The God Brain: Roundtable Discussion on God and Spirituality for Brain Games