For a translator to turn one language (say, English) into another (say, Greek), she has to be able to understand both languages and what common meanings they point to, because English is not very ...

Philosophical Topics, Vol. 44, No. 2, New Directions in the Philosophy of Perception (FALL 2016), pp. 301-326 (26 pages) What kind of content must visual states have if they are to offer direct ...

Discover why hills look steeper than they are and how eye height and gaze angle shape everyday visual perception. (CREDIT: Getty Images) People rarely notice how their eyes shape their sense of the ...

A new study shows that humans and rhesus monkeys have very similar abilities in recognizing objects "at a glance," validating the use of this animal model in the study of human visual perception. In ...

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 ...

Blinking is one of the most frequent human activities, typically occurring every two to 10 seconds or about 10 blinks per minute. It has long been understood that blinking has protective effects for ...

A new study proposes a new learning method for people with autism that may accelerate the learning process and even significantly improve capabilities in terms of visual perception. According to the ...

Exploring the Boundary of Visual Perception and Reasoning' has garnered attention. This research focuses on utilizing Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) to detect subtle suspicious clues in ...

Visual perception changes may be an early sign of Alzheimer's, particularly in women. The condition, known as posterior cortical atrophy, often leads to visual problems like trouble reading or depth ...