Psychology researchers have used virtual reality to find our brains oscillate with each step – an intriguing finding to better understand how we see the world.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Visual perception
Displaying all articles
Why is it so difficult to swat a fly? A team of insect experts explains how a fly’s sophisticated vision allows it to quickly react to visual cues.
To achieve perceptual expertise, you may need more than smarts and hard work. Research suggests there’s a general ability that may help you succeed in jobs that depend on perceptual decisions.
Neuroscientists tackling the age-old question of whether perceptions of color hold from one person to the next are coming up with some interesting answers.
Your faithful friend’s view of the world is different than yours, but maybe not in the way you imagine.
Disease and disorders can affect how we see. Can the images in painted artworks tell us something about the state of an artist’s vision?
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor, Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne
-
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University
-
Visiting Fellow in Sensation, Cognition & Action, National Institutes of Health
-
Postdoctoral research fellow, lecturer, University of Sydney
-
Associate Teaching Professor of Small Animal Science, Penn State
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University
-
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Florida International University
-
Senior Investigator at the National Eye Institute, Section on Perception, Cognition, and Action, National Institutes of Health
-
Ph.D. Student in Psychological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
-
David K. Wilson Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
