News tagged with eye movements
Scientists discover neurons that 'mirror' the attention of others
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 18, 2009 |
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Whether a monkey is looking to the left or merely watching another monkey looking that way, the same neurons in his brain are firing, according to researchers at the Duke University Medical Center.
Study suggests left-side bias in visual expertise
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Facial recognition is not as automatic as it may seem. Researchers have identified specific areas in the brain devoted solely to picking out faces among other objects we encounter. Two specific effects have been established ...
Study reveals we seek new targets during visual search, not during other visual behaviors
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 14, 2009 |
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When we look at a scene in front of us, we need to focus on the important items and be able to ignore distracting elements. Studies have suggested that inhibition of return (in which our attention is less likely to return ...
Autism skews developing brain with synchronous motion and sound (w/Video)
Mar 29, 2009 |
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Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to stare at people's mouths rather than their eyes. Now, an NIH-funded study in 2-year-olds with the social deficit disorder suggests why they might find mouths so attractive: ...
Tiny eye motions help us find where Waldo is
Feb 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- To recognize faces in a crowd, the brain employs tiny eye movements called saccades and microsaccades to help us search for objects of interest. While researchers know that these movements ...
Involuntary maybe, but certainly not random
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Our eyes are in constant motion. Even when we attempt to stare straight at a stationary target, our eyes jump and jiggle imperceptibly. Although these unconscious flicks, also known as microsaccades, had long ...
Barrow scientists solve 200-year-old scientific debate involving visual illusions
Nov 20, 2008 |
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Neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have discovered a direct link between eye motions and the perception of illusory motion that solves a 200-year-old debate.
Blindsight: How brain sees what you do not see
Oct 14, 2008 |
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Blindsight is a phenomenon in which patients with damage in the primary visual cortex of the brain can tell where an object is although they claim they cannot see it. A research team led by Prof. Tadashi Isa and Dr. Masatoshi ...
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