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·February 9, 2016·5 min read

How Brain Size Affects Hunting Strategy in the Insect World

Researchers are studying hunting behaviors in various flying insects to determine how their visual systems influence their attack strategy.

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·February 10, 2016·3 min read

Prelinguistic Infants Can Categorize Colors

According to a new study, infants are able to hold representations of color categories in their brains before they acquire language.

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·February 13, 2016·5 min read

Dark Colors Are Conveyed Faster Than Light

A new study reports on how simultaneous counter-change of luminance at the borders between object and background triggers activity waves in the visual brain.

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·February 23, 2016·5 min read

How We Keep Track of What Matters

According to a new study, the visual system keeps track of relevant object while eye movements are made.

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·March 3, 2016·4 min read

Neuronal Calculations Consider Expectations

According to researchers, fly brains take typical features of the environment into account when calculating motion.

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·March 21, 2016·4 min read

The Invisible World of Human Perception

A new study reveals people have more top down control of what they don't notice.

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·March 30, 2016·4 min read

Explaining the Mechanism Behind Optical Illusions

A new study reports the optical illusion tricks you see could be your brain reacting to feedback between neurons in different parts of the visual system.