Perceptual learning refers to experience-induced improvements in the pick-up of information. Perceptual constancy describes the fact that, despite variable sensory input, perceptual representations ...

PERCEPTUAL constancy refers to relative stability in judgments of an object property with changes in its sensory stimulus. For example, visual judgments of the size and shape of objects are relatively ...

Even when we consciously know two lines are the same length, why can't we help seeing them as different? ILLUSIONS are anomalies that can reveal clues about the mysterious workings of the brain to ...

Tactile perception and motion processing are central to understanding how the human somatosensory system interprets the environment. The integration of spatial and temporal signals from the skin ...

One of the easiest ways to identify an object is by its color -- perhaps it is because children's books encourage us to pair certain objects with their respective colors. Why else would so many of us ...

Babies may be able to see image details that are invisible or imperceptible to adults. According to a recent study [PDF] from Japanese scientists Jiale Yang, So Kanazawa, Masami K. Yamaguchi, and ...

Our brains are the most amazing supercomputers that exist. They are constantly computing information to help us perceive the world. Yes, the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and skin are required to take ...

Why is an object’s size perceived the same regardless of changes in distance? A group of researchers at Osaka University found that neurons in the monkey visual cortical area V4*1, one of the areas in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper presents an argument against A D Smith's Direct Realist theory of perception, which attempts to defend Direct Realism against the ...

This year the AA Athens Visiting School aims to challenge the phenomenon of perceptual constancy through the design of architectural prototypical families. In line with the basic Gestalt principles, a ...