Posts Tagged ‘perception’
Science & Technology - Jul 6, 2009 12:49 - 0 Comments
Applying math to color our world
A. Kimball Romney’s recent research led to a mathematical visualization of cone photo receptor sensitivities. His work could advance efforts to display uniform, high-quality color in a variety of fields. (Credit: Daniel A. Anderson)
Health & Medicine - Jun 18, 2009 9:57 - 0 Comments
Putting name to face helps you remember
Left Image: At first glance this image looks like the actor Brad Pitt, because our brain processes faces holistically. But look at just the eyes in the figure, while ignoring the mouth. Are these the eyes of the actor Matt Damon? The answer is yes. Right Image: The “Ziggerins” created and used in the experiment. One group of research subjects learned to categorize the Ziggerins into groups that share a structure. The categories are shown here by rows.
Health & Medicine - May 20, 2009 13:01 - 0 Comments
Rare window into brain’s visual system
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—An unusual and dramatic case of visual perception gone awry is yielding new clues about how we perceive our world and the complex process the brain uses to encode visual information. (more…)
