Criticism lives in that space of omission. It is a record of attention, shaped by the limits of the person paying it.

This important study reports three experiments examining how the subjective experience of task regularities influences perceptual decision-making. Although the evidence linking subjective ratings to ...

New research reveals that numbers in our visual field can subtly distort how we judge spatial positions, showing that perception is shaped by both numerical magnitude and object-based processing.

These card tricks focus on visual impact rather than difficulty. Each one can be learned quickly without special skill. Timing and presentation do most of the work. The effects look impossible at ...

Advances in technology have greatly accelerated scientific understanding of vision and the brain. Researchers can now routinely record the activity of thousands of neurons at the same time and pair ...

Introduction Visual perception and visual-motor integration skills are key predictors of handwriting. Children with cerebral palsy often experience difficulties in these areas, which can negatively ...

New artificial intelligence-generated images that appear to be one thing, but something else entirely when rotated, are helping scientists test the human mind. The work by Johns Hopkins University ...

An illusion is when we see and perceive an object that doesn't match the sensory input that reaches our eyes. In the case of the image below, the sensory input is four Pac Man–like black figures. But ...

SEATTLE, WASH.—September 15, 2025—An illusion is when we see and perceive an object that doesn’t match the sensory input that reaches our eyes. In the case of the image below, the sensory input is ...

BERKELEY, Calif. — Your brain does more than record what your eyes see. It fills in the gaps, using past experiences to make sense of incomplete information. A new study by scientists at the ...