To what extent has Earth’s gravity shaped our cognitive and brain functions? Utilizing spaceflight and a ground-based analog, a new study shows that the human brain relies on bodily gravitational ...

Visual shape processing and perception constitute a central pillar in understanding how the human brain interprets complex visual stimuli. Research in this field has revealed a multifaceted framework ...

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where the brain misinterprets what the eyes perceive, creating a false or ...

New ultra–high-field brain scans reveal hidden body maps inside the visual system, showing how the brain weaves sight and touch together to build a unified sense of perception. Study: Vicarious body ...

An illusion is when we see and perceive an object that doesn't match the sensory input that reaches our eyes. In the case of the image below, the sensory input is four Pac Man–like black figures. But ...

New artificial intelligence-generated images that appear to be one thing, but something else entirely when rotated, are helping scientists test the human mind. The work by Johns Hopkins University ...

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of thinking about an image differs from objective reality.

An example of the visual stimuli used as part of the study which asked children and young adults to rate body sizes after visual exposure to different body sizes and weights. Our perceptions of body ...

One of the most common human gestures, the pointing finger, appears frequently in Old Master paintings as a guiding cue.

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