Submissions tagged with Vision
(5 documents)
Colored filters improve exclusion of perceptual noise in visually symptomatic dyslexics
Dyslexic individuals have deficits in detecting visual stimuli embedded in high levels of perceptual noise. Here we show that visually symptomatic dyslexics, who otherwise had elevated contrast thr...
Received 27 March 2008 12:41 GMT; Posted 27 March 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience
Representing an Object by Interchanging What with Where
Exploring representations is a fundamental step towards understanding vision. The visual system carries two types of information along separate pathways: One is about what it is and the other is ab...
Received 14 March 2008 09:00 GMT; Posted 14 March 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience
Perceptual deficits and inattention in schizophrenia
A number of investigators have found perceptual deficits in schizophrenic subjects. It has also been indicated that those with schizophrenia suffer from reduced attention. This raises the possibili...
Received 09 February 2008 18:15 GMT; Posted 11 February 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience
Young children do not integrate visual and haptic information
Several studies have shown that adults integrate visual and haptic information (and information from other modalities) in a statistically optimal fashion, weighting each sense according to its reli...
Received 16 January 2008 06:54 GMT; Posted 16 January 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience
A visual sense of number
Evidence exists for a non-verbal capacity to apprehend number, in humans1 (including infants2,3) and in other primates4-6. Here we show that perceived numerosity is susceptible to adaptation, along...
Received 20 November 2007 08:56 GMT; Posted 20 November 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience