PERCEPTUAL constancy refers to relative stability in judgments of an object property with changes in its sensory stimulus. For example, visual judgments of the size and shape of objects are relatively ...

Tactile perception and motion processing are central to understanding how the human somatosensory system interprets the environment. The integration of spatial and temporal signals from the skin ...

Babies may be able to see image details that are invisible or imperceptible to adults. According to a recent study [PDF] from Japanese scientists Jiale Yang, So Kanazawa, Masami K. Yamaguchi, and ...

Even when we consciously know two lines are the same length, why can't we help seeing them as different? ILLUSIONS ARE ANOMALIES that can reveal clues about the mysterious workings of the brain to ...

This year the AA Athens Visiting School aims to challenge the phenomenon of perceptual constancy through the design of architectural prototypical families. In line with the basic Gestalt principles, a ...