Motion perception plays a fundamental role in our daily visual experience; it is critical for computing the speed and direction of moving objects and controlling our own body and eye movements. Motion ...

To what extent has Earth’s gravity shaped our cognitive and brain functions? Utilizing spaceflight and a ground-based analog, a new study shows that the human brain relies on bodily gravitational ...

The motion aftereffect, sometimes referred to as the "waterfall illusion," is one of the oldest visual illusions ever discovered, dating as far back as Aristotle. When we are exposed to a continuously ...

In the study, the scientists presented a newly discovered visual motion illusion that leads to a disruption of spatial perception. In order to test the new stimulus concept, fifteen subjects had to ...

Neuronal responses in cortical area MT to two speeds show a robust bias toward the faster speed when stimulus speeds are slow, which could benefit figure-ground segregation in natural scenes.