Seeing Through Another’s Eyes: How We Use Others’ Viewpoints to Make Decisions
Researchers shed light on how we are able to effectively form mental images of how objects look to other people. ... Read More...
visual neuroscience
How the Brain Processes Images
Researchers report signals from the retina are subjected to selective processing at the earliest neural way-station in the functional pathway connecting the retina to the visual cortex.... Read More...
Heavy Smoking Can Damage Vision
A new study reports those who smoke 20 or more cigarettes a day have a reduced ability to discriminate contrast and colors compared to non smokers. ... Read More...
Brain Represents Optical Illusion as Delayed Reality
Researchers report the same subset of neurons encode actual and illusory flow motion, supporting the concept Jan Purkinje proposed 150 years ago, that "illusions contain visual truth".... Read More...
Can Being Born Blind Protect People From Schizophrenia?
A new study provides compelling evidence that congenital blindness and early cortical blindness may decrease the risk of developing schizophrenia. Researchers believe the protective effect may be related to compensatory cortical reorganization.... Read More...
Hearing and Deaf Infants Process Information Differently
A new study reports it takes longer for deaf infants to become familiar with new objects. Researchers say the study highlights a difference in how infants process information, even when the information is not auditory in nature.... Read More...
Tiny Eye Movements Affect How We See Contrast
Contrast sensitivity may be a result of small eye movements people may not be aware they are making, a new study reports.... Read More...
Neurons in the Visual Cortex that Respond to Faces Identified
Researchers have identified neurons in the visual cortex that respond to different faces. ... Read More...
Mice Pass On Brain Benefits of Enriched Upbringing to Offspring
Researchers report life experiences may be transgenerationally inherited through a combination of epigenetics and parental behavior. ... Read More...
Difficulties with Audiovisual Processing Contributes to Childhood Dyslexia
A new neuroimaging study reveals tasks that require audiovisual processing are extremely difficult for children with dyslexia. The findings could lead to new tests that help identify the disorder before children fall behind their peers.... Read More...
Myth of Mona Lisa’s Gaze Debunked
A new study reveals the 'Mona Lisa Effect', the perception that the eyes of a painting follow the viewer as they move closer to it, does not occur with da Vinci's famous work. The study debunks a long standing myth about the famous painting.... Read More...
Can AI Tell a Polar Bear From a Can Opener?
A new study from UCLA researchers demonstrates the limitations of some current deep learning algorithms. ... Read More...