If hearing an old song or getting a whiff of freshly sharpened pencils instantly carries you back to high school, you’re familiar with the link between your senses and memory. When a sensory ...

It didn’t start with Rauschenberg. But he certainly mainstreamed incorporating found objects and newspaper and magazine images into works of art. A new exhibition at Arts Bonita encourages artists to ...

You don’t need expensive props to perform incredible magic. With just coins, pens, rings, and cards, these 8 visual tricks create jaw-dropping effects that amaze any audience. 54 shot, 7 dead, in ...

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How the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing has been discovered. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC; CA, USA) have made a significant ...

Imagine a ball bouncing down a flight of stairs. Now think about a cascade of water flowing down those same stairs. The ball and the water behave very differently, and it turns out that your brain has ...

Computer vision competitions are currently an important event for teams working in this area. They provide an opportunity to try new solutions, practice, and simply enjoy solving interesting problems.

Summary: A new study has uncovered how the brain efficiently encodes and recalls visual memories—by organizing them into categories and using the precise timing of neuronal activity. Researchers ...

Some people can't form mental images. Here's what scientists are learning about the condition known as aphantasia—and why it's less rare than you think. The "apple test"—asking participants to close ...

Summary: A new study shows that our ability to recall details about familiar objects, like a banana’s typical color, depends on strong connections between visual and language-processing areas of the ...