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·March 25, 2022·5 min read

Attention to Objects in Peripheral Vision Is Not Driven by Tiny Eye Movements

While microsaccades appear to boost or diminish the strength of brain signals associated with attention, eye movements are not drivers for these brain signals.

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·November 20, 2019·4 min read

Walking changes vision

Walking leads to an increase in processing of peripheral visual input.

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·June 12, 2019·3 min read

Could playing computer games improve your peripheral vision?

Peripheral awareness is improved significantly by playing video games designed around peripheral vision.

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·June 2, 2018·4 min read

How Emotions in Facial Expressions Are Understood

A new study reveals how recognition and detection of basic emotions expressed by other people's faces alters when viewed centrally and in peripheral vision.

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·February 6, 2017·4 min read

Sign Language Users Have Better Reaction Times and Peripheral Vision

Researchers report those who use sign language have better peripheral vision and faster reaction times.

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·December 9, 2016·4 min read

Illusion Reveals the Brain Fills in Peripheral Vision

According to a new study, the things we see with our peripheral vision may sometimes be an optical illusion.

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·November 30, 2016·5 min read

Video Game Helps Children With Poor Vision to See Better

Researchers report children with poor vision experience an improvement in their peripheral vision within hours of being exposed to child friendly action video games.

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·June 10, 2016·5 min read

Bifocals in the Brain

A new study identifies how the brain processes visual stimuli above and below the horizon differently.

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·March 9, 2016·3 min read

Friend or Foe: Our Peripheral Vision is Better at Recognizing People Than Objects

Researchers find our peripheral vision effectively allows us to judge what others are doing, even if they are not in our direct line of sight.

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·January 10, 2016·5 min read

Study Points to Possible Source of Peripheral Vision Problems

A new study could help explain why our peripheral vision is so poor.

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·June 22, 2015·4 min read

Hitting That Curveball: Brain and Phone GPS Apply Same Algorithm to Track Moving Objects

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.