Evidence suggests that neither books nor electronic devices are directly to blame for the increase in myopia worldwide. Rather, they enhance this phenomenon by keeping children out of the sunlight.
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Stimuli such as light and shadow and our perception of the passage of time matter to architects interested in the branch of philosophy known as phenomenology.
It’s intriguing how some people experience ASMR while others don’t - our latest research suggests that many ASMR responders are highly sensitive “orchids”.
A curious kid asks: what do blind people experience in their dreams?
Perception is multisensory.
All of the senses have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, not because the senses have changed, but because the world has, writes a sensory historian.
With dreaded, invisible germs lurking on surfaces and in people, our surroundings are seen as a minefield – and we end up dulling one of our most valuable senses.
Your brain balances messages coming from lots of different places to help you see, imagine, remember and dream.
We rely on depth to perceive objects, but not all of us see depth in the same way.
Your field of view is how much you can see without turning your head. When things are closer to us, they take up more of our field of view, which makes them look bigger.
Blind people don’t have superhuman ears but their brains can rewire themselves to give them an edge over those who can see.
Ada, 7, wants to know why things close to the train windows zoom by really fast, while things further away seem to go by much slower.
Glaucoma is a slow and silent progressive disease and the second leading cause of blindness, that requires early diagnosis.
Nocturnal insects have eyes that act like cameras to enhance their light-gathering abilities.
The middle part of our vision sees in a much higher resolution than at the peripheries. But that’s just the beginning …
As you read this article your eyes will move so the words fall on the central part of your vision. This region is called the fovea and it has excellent resolution when compared to your peripheral vision…
What’s the fastest thing you can see? Events that play out over a scale of minutes or seconds are easy to see. Events at much smaller timescales — milliseconds and shorter — can be entirely invisible to…
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