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·May 31, 2022·4 min read

This Illusion, New to Science, Is Strong Enough to Trick Our Reflexes

The highly dynamic, new "expanding hole" optical illusion can be perceived by 86% of people. The illusion is so good at deceiving the brain, it causes pupillary dilation as though we are walking into a darkened room.

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·January 29, 2022·5 min read

Everything We See Is a Mash-up of the Brain’s Last 15 Seconds of Visual Information

Researchers reveal how the brain creates an illusion of visual stability.

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·July 27, 2021·4 min read

How Decisions About What We See Are Relayed Back Through the Brain

Study reveals how decisions based on visual information, which involves a complex stream of data flowing forwards and backward along the visual pathways, are broadcast widely to neurons in the visual system, including those not involved in the decision-making process.

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·July 24, 2021·5 min read

Screentime Can Make You Feel Sick – Here Are Ways to Manage Cybersickness

Many people report feeling nausea and dizziness, similar to motion sickness, when looking at their cellphones or computers for too long. Researchers investigate why some experience cybersickness and provide advice on managing symptoms.

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·July 22, 2021·3 min read

Eyes Wide Shut: How Newborn Mammals Dream the World They’re Entering

Effectively, mammals "dream" about the world they are about to experience before they are able to open their eyes and possibly before they are born. Researchers found before a newborn mouse opened its eyes, its retinal waves flow in a pattern that mimics the activity which would occur as the animal moves through the environment.

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·July 15, 2021·5 min read

A New Spidey Sense

Jumping spiders can distinguish between living and non-living objects based upon their movement, a new study reports.

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·June 20, 2021·5 min read

Memory Helps Us Evaluate Situations on the Fly, Not Just Recall the Past

While commonly implicated in long-term memory, researchers report the hippocampus plays a critical role in short-term memory and decision making.

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·May 22, 2021·5 min read

Fly Brains Make Predictions, Possibly Using Universal Design Principles

Findings suggest prediction may be a general feature of animal nervous systems in supporting quick behavioral changes.

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·May 21, 2021·2 min read

Infants Recognize Rapid Images, Just Like Adults

Infants take less than one second to completely process visual information. They also have the same temporal limitations in visual processing as adults.

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·April 28, 2021·6 min read

A New Theory for What’s Happening In the Brain When Something Looks Familiar

Researchers propose a new theory of what happens in the brain when we experience familiar seeming visual stimuli. The theory, dubbed sensory referenced suppression, suggests the brain understands different levels of activation expected for sensory input and corrects for it, leaving behind the signal for familiarity.

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·February 9, 2021·5 min read

How Our Visual System Avoids Overloading

Findings contradict the assumption the visual system categorizes objects based on simple features alone.

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·November 20, 2020·3 min read

Do Neural Networks Dream Visual Illusions?

When convolutional neural networks are trained under experimental conditions, they are deceived by the brightness and color of a visual image in similar ways to the human visual system.

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visual system

This Illusion, New to Science, Is Strong Enough to Trick Our Reflexes

Everything We See Is a Mash-up of the Brain’s Last 15 Seconds of Visual Information

How Decisions About What We See Are Relayed Back Through the Brain

Screentime Can Make You Feel Sick – Here Are Ways to Manage Cybersickness

Eyes Wide Shut: How Newborn Mammals Dream the World They’re Entering

A New Spidey Sense

Memory Helps Us Evaluate Situations on the Fly, Not Just Recall the Past

Fly Brains Make Predictions, Possibly Using Universal Design Principles

Infants Recognize Rapid Images, Just Like Adults

A New Theory for What’s Happening In the Brain When Something Looks Familiar

How Our Visual System Avoids Overloading

Do Neural Networks Dream Visual Illusions?

Mapping the Short-Term Plasticity of Working Memory

Closing Your Eyes Could Muffle Your Hearing

Mapping Gene Activity in the Living Human Brain

Brain’s Clogged Pipes: A Surprising New Link to Hallucinations

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