Researchers reveal what optical illusions tell us about the workings of the brain. Read More
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
Facial processing and color processing may engage in similar brain mechanisms. Read More
Researchers report the Kalman filter, an algorithm both our brains and GPS systems use to track an object's position, can be tricked by the pattern of motion. Read More
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
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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··4 min readResearchers 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
Face pareidolia, the phenomenon of seeing facelike structures in inanimate objects, is a perceptual phenomenon that occurs when sensory input is processed by visual mechanisms that have evolved to extract social content from human faces. Read More
Scientists have come up with new insight into the brain processes that cause the optical illusion below The yellow jacket... Read More
Researchers have uncovered what they are calling 'neurological synergy' which occurs during visual adaptation. Read More
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
A new study addresses the nature and origin of neural signals involved in solving perceptual tasks. Read More
