Vision

Deep sea fish may have highly sensitive colour vision.

Vision of light: deep-sea fish use colour to see in the dark

Published on: 10 May 2019

Queensland Brain Institute researchers have discovered some types of deep-sea fish may have highly sensitive colour vision.

A new colour vision test for animals developed by UQ researchers may help us understand why animals vary so greatly in colour.

True colours: test determines how animals see colour

Published on: 29 January 2019

A new colour vision test for animals developed by UQ researchers may help us understand why animals vary so greatly in colour.

Researchers at the University of Queensland have confirmed the existence of an elusive pathway in the brain that enables some blind people to detect and respond to visual stimuli they do not ‘see’.

Brain pathway that explains blindsight confirmed

Published on: 18 January 2019

A long-debated pathway in the brain that relays visual information directly to the amygdala, and bypasses the visual cortex, has been confirmed by new QBI research.

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New research from The University of Queensland has produced the first quantitative analysis of how bees bypass the effects of centrifugal force while turning to maintain their trajectory, with important implications for flight control and navigation.

How do flying bees make perfect turns?

Published on: 20 November 2018

Bees adjust their speed to keep turning forces constant, new research from the Queensland Brain Institute, UQ shows. The findings can be applied to robots and autonomous vehicles.

Checkerboard patterns shown to volunteers with macular degeneration to measure their brain response.

Hallucinations related to eye disease have brain basis

Published on: 26 October 2018

New research from The University of Queensland has shown for the first time that visual hallucinations in people with macular degeneration are associated with abnormally heightened activity in the visual cortex of the brain.

Researchers now understand more about how the zebrafish brain perceives and reacts to predators.

How the brain responds to visual threats

Published on: 6 July 2018

Researchers now understand how the zebrafish brain perceives and reacts to predators.

New underwater geolocation technology inspired by marine animals

New underwater navigation technology inspired by marine animals

Published on: 5 April 2018

Marine animals such as mantis shrimp and octopus have inspired a new mode of underwater navigation that allows for greater accuracy.

New type of twilight eye cell discovered in deep-sea fish

New twilight eye cell discovered in deep-sea fish

Published on: 8 November 2017

A new type of cell for twilight vision has been found in the eye of a deep-sea fish, and scientists say the discovery opens a new world of understanding vision in a variety of light conditions.

Visual perception

Vision is the sense we most depend on in our daily lives, and it is complex - despite the huge strides recently made in artificial intelligence and image processing, the way our brains process images is vastly superior. So how do we do it?