FeaturedNeurosciencevisual neuroscience·May 28, 2020Which areas of our brains represent the colors we see?Neuroimaging study sheds new light on how we perceive colors. Activity in higher visual cortex areas matched the colors test subjects saw. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articlesvisual neuroscience·May 12, 2020Why visual perception is a decision processPrediction errors play a role in the context of dynamic perceptual events that take place within fractions of a second. Findings support the hypothesis that visual perception occurs as a result of a decision process. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencevisual neuroscience·May 1, 2020Seeing is ConceivingVisually represented information is a functional part of conceptual knowledge. The extend of the visual representations is influenced by visual experience. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articlesvisual neuroscience·April 28, 2020How mistakes help us recognize thingsContextual information, especially space and sequence, contributes to the distortion of perception in short-term memory. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 28, 2020How the heart affects our perceptionBrain activity alters over the heartbeat cycle, helping us make sure certain information is kept out of our conscious experience. The findings provide a conceptual framework to explain how internal signals integrate into our conscious perception of the world. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencevisual neuroscience·April 9, 2020Misfiring from jittery neurons sets fundamental limit on perceptionStudy provides new evidence supporting the theory that perceptual limitations are caused by a correlated noise in neural activity. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 24, 2020How well do you know the back of your hand, really?We often overestimate the length of the back of our hands, even though we perceive our palm length accurately. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 24, 2020Changing how we think about warm perceptionMouse study reveals cooling receptors in the skin are critical for the perception of warmth. The findings challenge long-standing beliefs about non-painful temperature perception. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 14, 2020Brief bursts, big insightsA new method for analyzing brain oscillation data can detect short beta wave bursts in real-time within neural frequency bands of 20 Hertz. The method also shows how rats can increase the occurrences of these bursts. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 13, 2020State of mind: The end of personality as we know itA new framework sheds light on how the mind adapts to different situations. The study proposes a unifying principle for the cortical mechanisms where state of mind is determined. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencevisual neuroscience·January 17, 2020Reward improves visual perceptual learning, but only after people sleepReward does not improve visual perception learning unless it is followed by a good night's sleep. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 9, 2020Food textures affect perceptions of healthinessThe texture of certain foods may impact how healthy people believe they are. Foods that have less explicitly textured surfaces are perceived to be tastier, but not healthier. Read More
