Research reveals that what we see is not always what we get
Researchers are helping to explain why some people anticipate and react to fast-moving objects much quicker than others.
Aug 15, 2018
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Researchers are helping to explain why some people anticipate and react to fast-moving objects much quicker than others.
Aug 15, 2018
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Pawel Zmarz and Georg Keller at the FMI have identified neurons in the visual cortex that enable the detection of moving objects as we move along. These neurons integrate visual and motor-related input and signal a mismatch ...
Nov 11, 2016
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How can one use simple means to investigate the visual abilities of animals? This question is being pursued by the research group of Dr. Thomas Münch at the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience at the University of Tübingen. ...
Aug 21, 2013
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Moving objects attract greater attention – a fact exploited by video screens in public spaces and animated advertising banners on the Internet. For most animal species, moving objects also play a major role in the processing ...
May 22, 2013
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Researchers at The Neuro and the University of Maryland have figured out the mathematical calculations that specific neurons employ in order to inform us of our distance from an object and the 3-D velocities of moving objects ...
Feb 7, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Flies like watching computer screens as much as the next animal. Set them on a trackball in front of a monitor, and they'll follow the action if the images in front of them move in one direction, the ...
Sep 12, 2011
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For drivers on a busy highway or workers in an airport control tower, paying attention to a number of moving objects can be a matter of life or death, but researchers know that most people can keep track of only four such ...
Apr 26, 2011
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