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·July 22, 2019·4 min read

When you spot 1 driving hazard, you may be missing another

Subsequent search miss causes a reduction in the ability to detect an additional hazard when they spot another. The findings could help modify driver training to help reduce accidents and to develop in-vehicle technologies that focus on accident reduction.

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·February 13, 2016·5 min read

Dark Colors Are Conveyed Faster Than Light

A new study reports on how simultaneous counter-change of luminance at the borders between object and background triggers activity waves in the visual brain.

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·July 20, 2022·5 min read

Perception Depends on Whether You Are Looking Up or Down

The intensity of perceptual bias in specific views depends upon posture and the position of your neck, a new study reveals.

Two pictures of a man from different distances are side by side.

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·September 26, 2012·3 min read

Ready for Your Close-Up?

Caltech study shows that the distance at which facial photos are taken influences perception.

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·April 28, 2020·4 min read

How mistakes help us recognize things

Contextual information, especially space and sequence, contributes to the distortion of perception in short-term memory.

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·October 18, 2021·3 min read

Children’s Visual Perception Continues to Develop up to Age 10

Contrary to popular belief, a child's visual perception does not reach adult level at age seven. A new study reveals children's visual perception continues to develop and does not reach maturity until age ten.

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·February 14, 2013·2 min read

Study Shows Limits on Brains Ability to Perceive Multifeatured Objects

A new study sheds light on how the brain encodes objects with multiple features, a fundamental task for the perceptual system. Researchers suggest neurons that encode a certain feature, such as shape or color, fire in synchrony with neurons that encode other features of the same object.

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·September 30, 2022·5 min read

Pupil Dilation: A Window to Perception

Study reveals how changes in pupil size affect the way we perceive our surroundings.

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·August 2, 2021·5 min read

Retina Hardwired to Predict Path of Moving Objects

Neural circuits within the retina are able to generate the information required to predict the movement and path of an object before visual signals leave the eye, researchers report.

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·September 30, 2016·3 min read

New Optical Illusion Throws Light on Brain’s Perception of Transparency

A new study reports researchers have created a new optical illusion which helps to reveal how our brains determine the material properties of an object.