The team behind the study created what might be the most accurate mathematical representation of photoreception ever.

Colour perception, an essential aspect of human vision, enables us to interpret and interact with our environment reliably despite fluctuating illumination. At the core of this capability is colour ...

How does the brain see the "big picture"? A new study reveals that the primary visual cortex (V1) calculates statistical ...

Visual representation of color spaces aligning with a mathematical apex. (LANL) Beauty may lie in the eye of the beholder, ...

Imagine that you are watching a crowded hang-gliding competition, keeping track of a red and orange glider's skillful movements. Our brain uses separate circuits to achieve such outstanding tracking ...

Rearing experimental animals under special illumination, researchers have found new evidence that early visual experience is indispensable for the development of normal color perception. The ...

Lightspark Design offers Color Game to improve our perception of colors. A color is presented for one second, and then you ...

Audio cues can not only help us to recognize objects more quickly but can even alter our visual perception. That is, pair birdsong with a bird and we see a bird -- but replace that birdsong with a ...

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 ...