The perception of faces where none exist can be a window into how the brain makes sense of the world. This phenomenon, known as pareidolia, reveals the fundamental architecture of visual cognition: a ...

Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay between a vitamin A derivative and thyroid hormones in the retina, Johns Hopkins University scientists have found.

Psychedelics can quiet the brain’s visual input system, pushing it to replace missing details with vivid fragments from ...

New research shows how psychedelics alter visual processing and boost memory-linked brain circuits to generate hallucinations, revealing mechanisms with therapeutic implications.

Psychedelic substances are increasingly being used under medical supervision to treat anxiety disorders and depression. However, the mechanisms by which these substances influence our perception and ...

Research findings reinforce new approaches in psychology, using psychedelic substances under medical supervision to treat certain clinical conditions.

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, termed "one-shot learning," have remained unknown. A mysterious type of ...

Our world is a rich tapestry of sensory information, constantly bombarding our nervous system with a vast array of stimuli.

Abstract: Humans cannot perceive the minimal level of difference in the pixel variation. To overcome the problem, the concept of just-noticeable difference (JND) was proposed. JND measures the minimal ...

Any walker or hiker can tell you that an uphill path is more challenging than a flat one. But does it literally look longer, too? A study in the May issue of Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics ...