Vision

A new ultraviolet ‘television’ display has been designed to help researchers better understand how animals see the world. Credit: Valerio Tettamanti

Ultraviolet 'television' improves insight into animal vision

Published on: 23 February 2021

A new ultraviolet ‘television’ display has been designed to help researchers better understand how animals see the world.

A family of coral fish have developed visual adaptations similar to those of their cousins living in the ocean’s darkest depths. Credit: Valerio Tettamanti

Deep-sea vision linked to night life on the reef

Published on: 9 February 2021

A family of coral fish have developed visual adaptations similar to those of their cousins living in the ocean’s darkest depths.

Brain map reveals camouflage tactic of squid

Published on: 28 January 2020

An MRI-based mapping of the squid brain has developed an atlas of neural connections that could help understand their ability to camouflage.

QBI researcher honoured for vision discoveries in mantis shrimp

Published on: 23 January 2020

QBI researcher Professor Justin Marshall has been recognized with an international prize for his work into the visual systems of mantis shrimps.

Humans could soon be looking at the world through a different set of eyes.

Vision technology views life through the eyes of animals

Published on: 5 December 2019

New vision technology could soon allow humans to take a step into the animal kingdom.

Nemo’s cousin uses UV to find friends and food

Published on: 12 November 2019

Researchers have discovered that Great Barrier Reef anemonefish can see ultraviolet light (UV) and may use it as a ‘secret channel’ to find both food and friends.

A QBI researcher will explore 'super-human' colour vision systems in animals.

Research into colour vision receives funding boost

Published on: 17 October 2019

A QBI researcher exploring ‘super-human’ colour vision systems in animals has received a funding boost from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

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.