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          visual illusions

          This shows a large black hole surrounded by small black dots on a white background
          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience
          ·May 31, 2022·4 min read

          This Illusion, New to Science, Is Strong Enough to Trick Our Reflexes

          The highly dynamic, new "expanding hole" optical illusion can be perceived by 86% of people. The illusion is so good at deceiving the brain, it causes pupillary dilation as though we are walking into a darkened room.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·January 29, 2022·5 min read

          Everything We See Is a Mash-up of the Brain’s Last 15 Seconds of Visual Information

          Researchers reveal how the brain creates an illusion of visual stability.
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          ·July 8, 2021·5 min read

          There’s a ‘Man in the Moon’: Why Our Brains See Human Faces Everywhere

          Face pareidolia, a phenomenon where the brain is tricked into seeing human faces in inanimate objects, may occur as a result of the brain processing the perceived facial expression in the same sequential way it perceives a human face.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience
          ·June 29, 2021·3 min read

          A New Kind of Visual Illusion Uncovers How Our Brains Connect the Dots

          A newly designed optical illusion is helping researchers better understand visual processing and perception. The illusion creates a subjective reality in what we see, highlighting the constructive nature of perception.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·December 20, 2020·5 min read

          Visual Illusion That May Help Explain Consciousness

          A new visual illusion sheds light on redundancy masking and how we perceive our visual environment. The findings provide new insight into human consciousness.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·August 24, 2020·4 min read

          Optical Illusions Explained in a Fly’s Eyes

          It seems that flies are as susceptible to optical illusions as humans. Turning on and off some neurons that govern motion detection in flies, researchers were able to alter the insects' perception of illusory motion.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·August 14, 2020·6 min read

          Why the Brain Is Programmed to See Faces in Everyday Objects

          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.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·June 17, 2020·7 min read

          Study sheds light on a classic visual illusion

          A new study sheds light on why we get tricked by a classic optical illusion. Researchers found brightness estimations occur before visual information reaches the visual cortex, probably originating in the retina.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosVisual Neuroscience
          ·May 31, 2019·4 min read

          Waterfall illusion: when you see still objects move – and what it tells you about your brain

          Researchers reveal what optical illusions tell us about the workings of the brain.
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          Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychologyVisual Neuroscience
          ·October 9, 2018·6 min read

          Time-Traveling Illusion Tricks the Brain

          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.
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          Image shows an optical illustion of a triangle and neurons.
          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·July 13, 2017·4 min read

          Synapses in the Brain Mirror the Structure of the Visual World

          Researchers have identified how our brains are so good at perceiving contours and edges. The study, published in Nature, reports neurons are most likely to connect if they react to edges that lie on a common axis and the structure of the world around us is mirrored in the pattern of synapses.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience
          ·July 12, 2017·4 min read

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

          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.
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