A new optical illusion challenges perception, featuring two black shapes on a cream background. Initially seen as a vase, the ...

Research reveals how the brain divides visual input between hemispheres, then seamlessly reconnects it to create a unified, ...

Visual illusions remind us that we are not passive decoders of reality but active interpreters. Our eyes capture information from the environment, but our brain can play tricks on us. Perception ...

To do this, they developed a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) task in which participants had to identify a target item among a stream of distractors presented every 60 ms; for example ...

People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this division may be even more true than people realize: The brain not only ...