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·June 10, 2014·3 min read

Real or Fake? Research Shows Brain Uses Multiple Clues for Facial Recognition

According to new research, it takes more than just seeing a face to make it look human.

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·March 30, 2014·3 min read

Scientists Pinpoint How We Miss Subtle Visual Changes, and Why It Keeps Us Sane

Researchers discover an upside to the brain mechanisms which can blind us to continuity errors in movies and in the real world.

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·March 13, 2014·3 min read

Human Brain Hard Wired to Link What We See with What We Do

Researchers find evidence of a specialized mechanism for spatial self-awareness that combines visual cues with body motion.

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·December 19, 2013·3 min read

Brain Research Provides Insight into Language Learning

Researchers discover the mirror neuron system can be modified by language use.

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·November 13, 2013·5 min read

Your Brain Sees Things You Don’t

According to a new study, the brain processes and understands visual inputs that we might not consciously perceive.

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·November 2, 2013·2 min read

The Visual Brain Colors Black and White Images

A new study reports our brains fill in the color when we look at black and white images.

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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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·October 19, 2012·4 min read

Researchers Explore How the Brain Perceives Direction and Location

The Who asked “who are you?” but Dartmouth neurobiologist Jeffrey Taube “where are you?” and “where are you going?” Taube is not asking philosophical or theological questions. He is investigating nerve cells in the brain that function in establishing one’s location and direction.

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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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·August 20, 2012·5 min read

Psychologists Link Emotion to Vividness of Perception and Creation of Vivid Memories

Have you ever wondered why you can remember things from long ago as if they happened yesterday, yet sometimes can't recall what you ate for dinner last night? A new study suggests it's because how much something means to you actually influences how you see it as well as how vividly you can recall it later.