perception

In Chapter 1, “On Being,” author Antonio Damasio outlines the dawn of consciousness.

The idea that minds and consciousness might be generated by the nervous system alone is false.

Research in recent decades has explored how animals other than humans perceive different numbers of objects

Intrigued by an optical illusion he experienced while traveling in Scotland, Robert Addams wrote what is now considered one of the definitive observational accounts of so-called motion aftereffects.

The roundworm uses cues from visible light to help avoid eating toxic bacteria with a distinguishing hue.

Check out the optical illusion that researchers put before canines, finding that fido and master have opposite reactions.

Researchers are using visual tricks to try to better understand canine perception.

Researchers use optical illusions to investigate canine perception.

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers monitored subsecond changes in levels of the neurotransmitters in the human brain, unlocking new insight into their function.

Using optogenetics, scientists have simulated the sense of smell directly within the mouse brain to investigate the nature of olfactory perception.

The glia seem to make up part of a newly described sensory organ, the discoverers suggest.

Carbon dioxide pumped into a bright chamber mimics a breathing host for the pest to target.

The brain wiring behind scent processing seems to scale across mammalian species.

Advanced single-cell optogenetic tools have enabled researchers to induce a learned behavior in mice without the associated visual cue.

Female zebra finches prefer red-beaked male finches over their orange-beaked counterparts.

Can people’s social skills affect their experience of time?

People whose pupils change more dramatically during a visual perception task tend to score higher on a self-reported scale of autistic traits.

A whole-genome analysis of people who experience color when they listen to sounds points to a handful of genes involved in neural development.

Mice can be tricked into thinking rubber tails belong to them, indicating they perceive body ownership similar to the way humans do.