FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·May 24, 2024·8 min readHow Our Brain Recognizes Objects in Black-and-White ImagesA new study explains how the brain excels at recognizing objects in both color and black-and-white images. Researchers found that early exposure to limited color information forces the brain to rely on luminance for object recognition.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·November 16, 2023·5 min readTool Reveals Neural Network Errors in Image RecognitionResearchers developed a tool that simplifies the identification of errors in neural networks used for image recognition. Neural networks often produce errors that are challenging to trace, limiting their application in crucial domains like healthcare.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·September 27, 2023·7 min readVisual Recognition Memory: Familiarity Decoded by Brief SpikesDecoding the brain's knack for distinguishing new from familiar is a challenge that has puzzled scientists. New research brings clarity to "visual recognition memory" (VRM), the process that ensures we prioritize what's most important in what we see.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 17, 2022·4 min readMask-Wearing Can Make It More Difficult to Recognize Masked and Unmasked Faces of OthersWhen you are wearing a face mask, it may be more difficult for you to recognize people, even if they are not wearing masks.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 26, 2022·3 min readAI Worse at Recognizing Images Than HumansMost AI models are unable to represent features of human vision, making them worse at recognizing images.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 31, 2022·6 min readGood Face Recognizers Can Learn Faces From FragmentsPeople who are exceptionally good at recognizing faces, or super-recognizers, divide areas of the face into parts before storing them as a composite image in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·July 19, 2022·6 min readStudy Finds Widespread False Memories of Logos and Characters, Including Mr. Monopoly and PikachuWhen it comes to famous logos and characters, people often experience a Visual Mandela Effect, or consistent, confident, and widespread false memories of such famous icons.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 31, 2022·4 min readInvestigating Links Between Facial Recognition and Alzheimer’s DiseaseStudy evaluates whether problems in facial processing and recognition in Alzheimer's disease are a result of memory impairment or visual processing deficits.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 22, 2019·5 min readYour brain activity can be used to measure how well you understand a conceptA new deep learning algorithm is able to detect how well a STEM student understands a concept based on their brain activity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 21, 2019·6 min readSpotting objects amid clutterResearchers have developed a new algorithm that enables robots to identify objects hidden in 3D data. The new system may help with improving robotic vehicles and autonomous robots.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 9, 2018·4 min readBrain Learns to Recognize Familiar Faces Regardless of Where They Are in Visual FieldResearchers report facial recognition varies by where they appear in the visual field, and this variability is reduces through learning familiar faces via social interactions. The study reports repeated social interactions tune visual neurons in the face processing network to enable consistent and rapid rapid recognition of familiar faces.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 25, 2018·5 min readInability to Recognize Faces Linked to Broader Visual Recognition ProblemsResearchers report developmental prosopagnosia, or face blindness, occurs as the results of neurobiological problems that broadly affect visual recognition.Read More
