News tagged with object recognition

Decoding touch

With their whiskers rats can detect the texture of objects in the same way as humans do using their fingertips. A study, in which some scientists of SISSA have taken part, shows that it is possible to understand ...

Neuroscience Apr 23, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Is there a link between childhood obesity and ADHD, learning disabilities?

A University of Illinois study has established a possible link between high-fat diets and such childhood brain-based conditions as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and memory-dependent learning disabilities.

Attention deficit disorders Feb 19, 2013 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Step by step: Feature detection and combination in perceptual learning and object identification

(Medical Xpress)—The ease and immediacy with which we recognize familiar objects escapes our notice. However, a novel, ambiguous, or highly complex object requires practice to achieve such perceptual facility. ...

Neuroscience Jan 11, 2013 | 3.7 / 5 (6) | 3 |

Sex matters: Why guys recognize cars and women recognize birds best

(Medical Xpress)—Women are better than men at recognizing living things and men are better than women at recognizing vehicles.

Psychology & Psychiatry Sep 17, 2012 | 3 / 5 (8) | 10 |

Neuroscientists uncover neural mechanisms of object recognition

Certain brain injuries can cause people to lose the ability to visually recognize objects — for example, confusing a harmonica for a cash register.

Neuroscience Jul 13, 2011 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 1 |

Categories rule: High-order brain centers pave the way for visual recognition

(Medical Xpress) -- The real world is, in a word, cluttered – but thanks to evolution, we (and other mammals) have no trouble detecting objects in visually complex natural environments. Determining precisely ...

Neuroscience Jul 11, 2011 | 4 / 5 (8) | 4 |