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·March 29, 2018·4 min read

Increasing Understanding of the Coarse-to-Fine Human Visual Perception

A new study reveals neurons in the V4 area of the visual cortex do not necessarily need to have low visual resolution.

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·March 23, 2018·4 min read

Shedding Light on the Perception of Motion

A new study reveals how neurons implicated in the perception of motion are formed in the brains of fruit flies.

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·March 20, 2018·4 min read

Illusory Motion Reproduced by Deep Neural Networks Trained for Perception

Researchers have successfully reproduced illusory motion in deep neural networks that were trained for perception. The DNNs were able to accurately reproduce the direction of illusory rotation humans observe while looking at a popular optical illusion.

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·March 14, 2018·6 min read

Study Reveals Vision’s Role in Vowel Perception

Researchers report the motion and configuration of a speaker's lips are key when it comes to others being able to distinguish between vowels in speech.

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·February 26, 2018·4 min read

Oxytocin Strengthens Mother’s Neural Responses to Infant and Adult Faces

Administering oxytocin via nasal spray to new mothers strengthened their brain responses to images of baby and adult faces, researchers report.

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·February 1, 2018·4 min read

Perceptual Pathway That Causes Body Dysmorphia and Increased Risk of Eating Disorders Identified

Researchers have identified a psychological pathway that can lead to body dysmorphia, causing an increased risk of both eating and exercise disorders.

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·January 17, 2018·6 min read

Recording a Thought’s Fleeting Trip Through the Brain

UC Berkeley researchers report the prefrontal cortex coordinates activity in order to help us act in response to perception.

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·January 3, 2018·4 min read

Pong Paddles and Perception: Our Actions Influence What We See

A new study explores how actions influence perception.

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·December 13, 2017·4 min read

Researchers Induce a Form of Synesthesia with Hypnosis

Hypnotic suggestion can trigger visual hallucinations similar to those experienced by people with synethesia, researchers report.

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·November 27, 2017·5 min read

Spacing Out After a Late Night? Here’s Why

Researchers reveal sleep deprivation can disrupt neural communication. This can lead to mental lapses which affect memory and visual perception.

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·November 17, 2017·5 min read

Researchers Discover the Brain is Strobing, Not Constant

According to researchers, perception is cyclical. In a new study, researchers report that, much like visual perception, auditory perception and attention are rhythmic in nature.