During her training in anthropology, Dorsa Amir, now at Duke University, became fascinated with the Müller-Lyer illusion.

Researchers discovered that bees use flight movements to sharpen brain signals, enabling them to recognize patterns with ...

But there is good reason to worry about doing research this way. Who is to say that attitudes toward nationalism, or the ...

It wasn’t necessarily a keffiyeh, but it was a black and white patterned scarf that looked a lot like a keffiyeh and, at the ...

Olga Eizner Favreau, Michael C. Corballis, Negative Aftereffects in Visual Perception, Scientific American, Vol. 235, No. 6 (December 1976), pp. 42-49 ...

Visual system articles from across Nature Portfolio Atom RSS Feed The visual system is the part of the central nervous system that is required for visual perception – receiving, processing and ...

Visual illusions are images that play tricks with our eyes and brain. These puzzles are excellent for testing an individual's visual acuity. These mind-bending images challenge our perception and ...

The Word You See First Reveals Your Mindset. Many people start their day by noticing small details, like the first word they ...

ClearSight is drawing attention to a growing concern for patients in today’s digital world: the effects of prolonged blue ...

Our ability to perceive the three-dimensional world can be lost without notice, yet cases like Stereo Sue reveal that even in ...

Optical illusions are mind-bending images that challenge our perception and visual skills. These illusions provide deep insights into how our brain processes such complex visual information. Optical ...

Our imagination might not be as powerful as we think when it comes to holding visual images, according to a first-of-its-kind study by psychologists at Nottingham Trent University (NTU).