Sounds can alter the way the brain interprets what it sees. This is the key finding of a new study by SISSA researchers in ...

The angle of your gaze influences more than just visual impressions—it impacts decisions, behaviors, and even safety. For Shaffer and his team, including co-author Montse Juarez, the work is just the ...

Ensemble perception and visual averaging refer to the remarkable capacity of the human visual system to extract statistical summaries from groups of objects. By pooling similar features – such as ...

An illusion is when we see and perceive an object that doesn't match the sensory input that reaches our eyes. In the case of the image below, the sensory input is four Pac Man–like black figures. But ...

A study of mice starts to unravel how the brain gets tricked by this kind of optical illusion, and it gives clues about how visual perception works. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Our brains actively construct vision in near-darkness, blending residual light with memory and prediction. Even with minimal ...

Blindness profoundly affects people's lives. Around the world, several laboratories, including the Biomedical ...

Past research has suggested that people's cultural differences may result in differences in basic visual perception. New research found no evidence that these differences play a significant role in ...

IN ITS OWN WAY. DOES THIS LOOK LIKE CORN OR GRAPES? THE WRINKLED BARK OF A TREE OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY? THESE SCULPTURAL PAINTINGS ARE THE WORK OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST LUCY KIM. BECAUSE WE SEE ...