Latest

visual perception

·November 6, 2017·4 min read

Blame Tired Brain Cells For Mental Lapses After Poor Sleep

UCLA researchers report sleep deprivation prevents neurons from correctly connecting with each other, resulting in temporary cognitive lapses in visual perception and memory.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·October 9, 2017·6 min read

Human Brain Recalls Visual Features in Reverse Order Than it Detects Them

A new study upends traditional models of how the brain constructs interpretations of the outside world, revealing that the brain uses a reverse order of processing to recall visual information.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·October 5, 2017·5 min read

Appetizing Imagery Puts Visual Perception on Fast Forward

Researchers reveal people perceive positive images to fade more smoothly than negative or neutral images. The study compliments previous findings that emotional states and environment can affect how we perceive time.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 18, 2017·6 min read

Analyzing the Language of Color

A new MIT study reports languages divide warmer colors into more color words than cooler shades. This, researchers note, is apparent across more than 100 languages.

Autism Featured Psychology

·August 22, 2017·4 min read

Anxiety Neural Response on Seeing Social Touch in Those With ASD

A new study reports some people on the autism spectrum show neural signs of anxiety when presented with images of people engaging in social touch, such as hand holding.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·August 10, 2017·4 min read

How the Brain Recognizes Familiar Faces

Researchers discover two new areas of the brain involved in facial processing.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·July 28, 2017·4 min read

The Science of Judging Speed

A new study reports the adaptation effect relies upon a person's perceived norms about how fast an object would normally move being altered by short burst of exposure to different speeds.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 19, 2017·4 min read

Brains Are More Plastic Than We Thought

A new Neuron study reports practice can alter how the brain utilizes sensory information and, depending on how the training is performed, the middle temporal area can be critical for visual perception.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology Visual Neuroscience

·July 18, 2017·4 min read

Hearing a Sound Can Alter Perception of Finger Size

Hearing ascending sounds causes people to estimate the length of their fingers to be longer than when they hear a descending or constant sound, report UCL researchers.

Image shows an optical illustion of a triangle and neurons.

Featured Neuroscience Visual 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.