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·July 27, 2019·3 min read

The case against reality

A new theory argues consciousness creates neural activity, and humans have evolved to see what is needed for survival. Perception, it is argued, is a user interface which may not necessarily be real.

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·July 18, 2019·5 min read

Stimulating neurons to induce particular perceptions in mice’s minds

Using optogenetics, researchers stimulated neurons in the visual cortex of mice to induce illusory images in the animals' minds.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·July 17, 2019·3 min read

What You Think Is What You See

Perception and working memory are more deeply entangled than previously believed.

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·July 15, 2019·6 min read

How expectation influences perception

Brain activity patterns in the frontal cortex encode beliefs and affect how we perceive the world around us.

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·June 28, 2019·4 min read

Choosing the perfect pooch poses challenges similar to dating

Findings could help animal shelters to improve the pet adoption process and find the perfect pet partner for people.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 11, 2019·4 min read

Why you may be prone to hiring a liar, and not even know it

People perceive liars to be more successful when it comes to certain high-pressure sales professions, such as investment banking and advertising. Findings explain why managers are more likely to higher deceptive people, believing they are more competent for high-pressure sales roles.

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·April 30, 2019·5 min read

Do you smell what I smell?

Small changes in a single olfactory receptor gene can affect how strong, or how pleasant, a person finds a particular odor.

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·April 18, 2019·3 min read

The brain’s imperfect execution of mathematically optimal perception

Perception is founded on Bayesian principles, even though the brain's execution of strategies appears to be imperfect. Researchers say the view perception is an imperfect Bayesian inference can provide a middle ground between traditional and anti-Bayesian models.

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·March 19, 2019·3 min read

How Attention Helps the Brain Perceive an Object

Low-frequency optogenetic stimulation of the visual region of the brain impairs an animal's ability to make fine sensory discriminations.

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·March 6, 2019·5 min read

Our Brains Reveal Our Choices Before We’re Even Aware of Them

Researchers find neural activation patterns were predictive of the contents of voluntary visual imagery as far as 11 seconds before the choice of what to imagine. These results suggest that the contents of future visual imagery can be biased by current or prior neural representations.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·February 18, 2019·3 min read

Brain Represents Optical Illusion as Delayed Reality

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".

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·January 8, 2019·4 min read

Myth of Mona Lisa’s Gaze Debunked

A new study reveals the 'Mona Lisa Effect', the perception that the eyes of a painting follow the viewer as they move closer to it, does not occur with da Vinci's famous work. The study debunks a long standing myth about the famous painting.

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perception

The case against reality

Stimulating neurons to induce particular perceptions in mice’s minds

What You Think Is What You See

How expectation influences perception

Choosing the perfect pooch poses challenges similar to dating

Why you may be prone to hiring a liar, and not even know it

Do you smell what I smell?

The brain’s imperfect execution of mathematically optimal perception

How Attention Helps the Brain Perceive an Object

Our Brains Reveal Our Choices Before We’re Even Aware of Them

Brain Represents Optical Illusion as Delayed Reality

Myth of Mona Lisa’s Gaze Debunked

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