Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for ...

How that visual "clutter" affects visual processing in the brain, however, is not well understood. ... "So, for example, if I'm asked to read the word 'cat' out of the corner of my eye, ...

Brain fills gaps to produce a likely picture Date: June 27, 2014 Source: Radboud University Nijmegen Summary: Researchers use visual illusions to demonstrate to what extent the brain interprets ...

A new study from the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Glasgow has found that the visual cortex – a part of the brain that processes information from the eyes ...

Your brain controls your visual focus in a busy scene. (Image Credit: Thomas Hawk, CC BY-NC). In other words, the theory holds that visual attention is our small window into the world. It’s from ...

The human brain can learn through experience to filter out disturbing and distracting stimuli—such as a glaring roadside billboard or a flashing banner on the internet. Scientists at Leipzig ...

Retina-derived signals control pace of neurogenesis in visual brain areas but not circuit assembly. Nature Communications , 2023; 14 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40749-1 Cite This Page : ...

These visual illusions may help explain consciousness. ... how the brain gets confused. Here is another example that brings us a little closer to how these phenomena are investigated scientifically.

Earlier this year, postdoctoral fellow Yu Fu, PhD, Stryker and a number of colleagues built on these findings, identifying and describing the neural circuit responsible for this locomotion-induced ...

Historian Pamela Smith‘s book, Symbols, Images, Codes: The Secret Language of Meaning in Film, TV, Games and Visual Media provides many examples. Alfred Hitchcock–a master of film symbolism.

Imagine sitting in a train at the railway station looking outside: Without analyzing the relative motion of object contours across many different locations at the same time, it is often difficult ...

How that visual “clutter” affects visual processing in the brain, however, is not well understood. In a new study published Oct. 22 in the journal Neuron , Yale researchers show that this clutter ...