FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·May 28, 2020·3 min readWhich areas of our brains represent the colors we see?Neuroimaging study sheds new light on how we perceive colors. Activity in higher visual cortex areas matched the colors test subjects saw.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·May 12, 2020·4 min readWhy visual perception is a decision processPrediction errors play a role in the context of dynamic perceptual events that take place within fractions of a second. Findings support the hypothesis that visual perception occurs as a result of a decision process.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·May 1, 2020·5 min readSeeing is ConceivingVisually represented information is a functional part of conceptual knowledge. The extend of the visual representations is influenced by visual experience.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·April 28, 2020·4 min readHow mistakes help us recognize thingsContextual information, especially space and sequence, contributes to the distortion of perception in short-term memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·April 9, 2020·5 min readMisfiring from jittery neurons sets fundamental limit on perceptionStudy provides new evidence supporting the theory that perceptual limitations are caused by a correlated noise in neural activity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·February 28, 2020·3 min readWhy images may appear closer, or farther, than they actually areBoundary contraction may be as common as boundary extension, and whether something appears zoomed in or out depends on the properties of the image.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·December 3, 2019·3 min readThrough the eyes of animalsNew computer software sheds light on animal visual processing and perception.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·November 20, 2019·4 min readWalking changes visionWalking leads to an increase in processing of peripheral visual input.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychologyVisual Neuroscience·November 20, 2019·3 min readBeauty in the biased eye of the beholderWhen we see a painting, we rate its aesthetic value based upon other artwork we have just seen.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·September 3, 2019·4 min readHuman perception of colors does not rely entirely on languageBased on the study of a stroke patient with damage to the occipito-temporal brain region, researchers made a big discovery about color categorization. They reveal color categorization and naming can be independent in the human brain. The finding challenges long-standing theories of the mandatory involvement of language in adult human cognition and color discrimination.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·July 27, 2019·3 min readThe case against realityA new theory argues consciousness creates neural activity, and humans have evolved to see what is needed for survival. Perception, it is argued, is a user interface which may not necessarily be real.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·July 22, 2019·4 min readWhen you spot 1 driving hazard, you may be missing anotherSubsequent 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.Read More
