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·July 6, 2020

Scientists Discover a New Connection Between the Eyes and Touch

Micro-saccades, or tiny eye movements, can be used as an index of our ability to anticipate relevant information in the environment, independent of the information's sensory modality. Read More

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·June 22, 2020

Being ‘mind-blind’ may make remembering, dreaming and imagining harder

Aphantasia, a disorder in which people are lack the ability to mentally visualize imagery, is also associated with a widespread pattern of changes to other important cognitive processes. Many with aphantasia report a reduced ability to recall past events, imagine the future, and dream. Read More

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·June 22, 2020

A man who can’t see numbers provides new insight into awareness

The study of a man with a neurodegenerative disease that has robbed his ability to see certain numbers sheds light on how the brain processes information without any visual awareness of the stimuli. Read More

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·June 17, 2020

Study sheds light on a classic visual illusion

A new study sheds light on why we get tricked by a classic optical illusion. Researchers found brightness estimations occur before visual information reaches the visual cortex, probably originating in the retina. Read More

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·June 15, 2020

Neurons can shift how they process information about motion

When it comes to processing information about motion, neurons in the ventral intraparietal area of the brain are more flexible in switching between reference frames. The findings could be used to develop neural prosthetics designed for motion control. Read More

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·June 8, 2020

‘Philosophy experiment’ tests our ability to see the world as it is

Study provides an answer to the age-old philosophical question of whether people can see the world objectively. In terms of visual perception, the answer is no. Read More

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·June 8, 2020

Our visual world of color is largely incorrect

People are oblivious to change when color is removed from peripheral vision. Research reports the brain likely fills in for much of our perceptual experience when it comes to seeing the entire picture in color. Read More

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·May 28, 2020

Which 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

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·May 14, 2020

Dynamic stimulation of the visual cortex allows blind and sighted people to ‘see’ shapes

A visual cortical prosthesis can restore sight by bypassing damage to the eyes and delivering visual information retrieved from a camera directly to the brain. Read More

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·May 14, 2020

Mouse and human eye movements share important similarity

New eye-tracking technology monitors naturalistic eye movements in mice and discovers similarities and differences with human eye movement. Read More

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·May 12, 2020

What we can’t see can help us find things

To spot a missing item, people are 20% faster at locating what they are looking for if they factor in latent physical traits, like hardness or softness. Read More

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·May 12, 2020

Why visual perception is a decision process

Prediction 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

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