What goes up may actually be down
Virtual reality study reveals people plan movements and anticipate the force of gravity by "seeing it" through visual cues rather than "feeling it."... Read More...
visual neuroscience
The eyes can measure hearing
Eye-tracking and pupil dilation may be a new way to measure a person's hearing ability.... Read More...
Researchers identify gene with functional role in aging of eye
The gene Elovl2 appears to play a significant role in age-associated functional and anatomical aging in mouse retinas. The finding has direct implications for age-related eye diseases, such as macular degeneration. When the expression of the gene was boosted, age-related visual function improved.... Read More...
Reward improves visual perceptual learning, but only after people sleep
Reward does not improve visual perception learning unless it is followed by a good night's sleep.... Read More...
Facial recognition: research reveals new abilities of ‘super-recognizers’
Are you the type of person who never forgets a face? Researchers explore the phenomena of super-recognizers.... Read More...
How do fruit flies see in color?
Researchers have identified a circuit in the brains of fruit flies, which enables them to see in color. The network is similar to that which allows human color vision. The findings could help in the development of AI technologies.... Read More...
Hearing through lip-reading
Lip reading causes brain activity to synchronize with sound waves, even when there is no audible sound.... Read More...
Through the eyes of animals
New computer software sheds light on animal visual processing and perception.... Read More...
Decision-making process becomes visible in the brain
Study tracks how and where zebrafish brains transform the movement of the environment into a decision that causes the fish to swim in a specific direction.... Read More...
Babies in the womb may see more than we thought
Light sensitive cells in the fetal retina communicate as part of an interconnected network, giving the retina more light sensitivity during development that previously believed.... Read More...
Walking changes vision
Walking leads to an increase in processing of peripheral visual input.... Read More...
Beauty in the biased eye of the beholder
When we see a painting, we rate its aesthetic value based upon other artwork we have just seen. ... Read More...