News tagged with visual illusion


Motion perception revisited: High Phi effect challenges established motion perception assumptions

(Medical Xpress)—Optical illusions abound in human visual perception, as demonstrated by the following well-known examples. Although many are static illusions, motion illusions also occur. Recently, scientists ...

Neuroscience created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Our primitive reflexes may be more sophisticated than they appear, study shows

Supposedly 'primitive' reflexes may involve more sophisticated brain function than previously thought, according to researchers at Imperial College London.

Neuroscience created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Paper examines the illusion of the scintillating grid

(Medical Xpress)—The fascinating but deeply weird illusion of the scintillating grid, where the grid appears to sparkle, has been shown to be more sparkly when you view it with both eyes rather than one ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Barrow researchers unravel illusion

Barrow Neurological Institute researchers Jorge Otero-Millan, Stephen Macknik, and Susana Martinez-Conde share the recent cover of the Journal of Neuroscience in a compelling study into why illusions trick our brains. Barrow ...

Neuroscience created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How your eyes deceive you

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Sydney have thrown new light on the tricks the brain plays as it struggles to make sense of the visual and other sensory signals it constantly receives.

Neuroscience created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Golfers can improve their putt with a different look

Golfers looking to improve their putting may find an advantage in visualizing the hole as bigger, according to a new study from Purdue University.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New insights into how the brain reconstructs the third dimension

A new visual illusion has shed light on a long-standing mystery about how the brain works out the 3-D shapes of objects.

Neuroscience created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ghosts in the machine: The neural basis of visual illusions in fruit flies

(Medical Xpress) -- We experience an interesting phenomenon when the contrast of an image flickers as it moves across our visual field – namely, an illusory reversal in the direction of motion. Moreover, ...

Neuroscience created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Scientists trick the brain into Barbie-doll size

(Medical Xpress) -- Imagine shrinking to the size of a doll in your sleep. When you wake up, will you perceive yourself as tiny or the world as being populated by giants? Researchers at Karolinska Institutet ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 6 | with audio podcast