Mind the Gap
The brain, like nature, abhors a vacuum
Features
Stability of the Visual World
When your eyes scan a room, why doesn't the world appear to bounce like the real image on your retina?
When the Two Eyes Clash
A tale of binocular rivalry
How Blind Are We?
We have eyes, yet we do not see
Right Side Up
Studies of perception show the importance of being upright
Seeing Is Believing
2-D or not 2-D, that is the question: test yourself to learn what shapes formed by shading reveal about the brain
Seeing in Black & White
Why it's not so cut-and-dried
Transparently Obvious
How the brain sees through the perceptual hurdles of tinted glass, shadows and all things transparent
The Reality of Illusory Contours
How can an imaginary square look more real than a box with actual lines?
The Quirks of Constancy
Even when we consciously know two lines are the same length, why can't we help seeing them as different?
Sizing Things Up
When you hoist two items of equal weight, your brain may be doing some heavy lifting
A Moving Experience
How the eyes can see movement where it does not exist
Ambiguities & Perception
What uncertainty tells us about the brain
Touching Illusions
Startling deceptions demonstrate how tactile information is processed in the brain
The Phantom Hand
The feeling of being touched on a fake hand illuminates how the brain makes assumptions about the world
It's All Done with Mirrors
Reflections on the familiar and yet deeply enigmatic nature of the looking glass
Paradoxical Perceptions
How does the brain sort out contradictory images?
The Neurology of Aesthetics
How visual-processing systems shape our feelings about what we see
Cracking the da Vinci Code
What do the Mona Lisa and Abraham Lincoln have in common?
Illusory Color & the Brain
Novel illusions suggest that the brain does not separate perception of color from perception of form and depth
Departments
- From the Editor
The "Real" World
