Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start—it becomes refined by what babies see—but the authors of a new MIT study still weren't prepared ...

In the visual system in particular, a “critical period” takes place during infancy in which the part of the brain that processes what we see becomes highly plastic.

Our visual system is constantly bombarded with complex optical information. The input information is often insufficient or ambiguous, leading to potentially conflicting interpretations about the ...

The human brain builds mental representations of the world based on the signals and information detected via the human senses. While we perceive simultaneously occurring sensory stimuli as being ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki have made a breakthrough in understanding what neural mechanisms allow the extreme sensitivity of human vision in darkness. The new research shows that ...

Physicists hack the human visual system to create “ghost images” A pioneering experiment will extend human vision to invisible wavelengths, say researchers.

Rensselaer professor Mark Changizi has begun to develop a technique to turn our eyes and visual system into a programmable computer. His findings are reported in the latest issue of the journal ...

Human Visual System Could Make Powerful Computer Date: July 24, 2008 Source: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Summary: Since the idea of using DNA to create faster, smaller, and more powerful ...