Have you ever looked at two circles of exactly the same size and sworn one was larger? If so, your eyes have been tricked by ...

Is man's ability to perceive the form of objects inborn or must it be learned? Experiments indicate that it is innate but that maturation and learning play important roles in its development ...

The researchers suspected the pathway—known as the social perception pathway—might be functional very early in development.

Latonia Taliaferro-Smith working with students in the Oxford Science Building. As we age, the number of full circle moments increases. This weekend, I had one of them. The East Suburban Atlanta ...

How is it that we all see the world in a similar way? Imagine sitting with a friend in a café, both of you looking at a phone screen displaying a dog running along the beach. Although each of our ...

The brain modulates visual signals according to internal states, as a new study by neuroscientists reveals. The brain modulates visual signals according to internal states, as a new study by LMU ...

Tens of thousands of people around the world are taking part in The Perception Census, an ongoing scientific study aiming to uncover the fascinating but invisible ways that our minds are each ...

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 ...

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