Visual perception

How ski grooming patterns affect visibility in the snow

Published on: 17 June 2019

Dr Will Harrison turned a holiday into a science project when he noticed the visibility of "groomed" ski runs was affected by shady or overcast days.

QBI researchers have uncovered why individuals with schizophrenia may have certain difficulties perceiving emotions.

New schizophrenia research deepens understanding of emotion perception

Published on: 21 June 2018

QBI researchers have uncovered why individuals with schizophrenia may have certain difficulties perceiving emotions.

Identifying an object in an unexpected location is quick, but responding to it is slower.

Seeing fast, acting slow: how the brain processes what you see

Published on: 23 March 2018

Identifying an object in an unexpected location is quick, but responding to it is slower.

Attention: interference and control

How much attention to you pay when you're reading? What happens when this process is disrupted?

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?

Podcast: What sea creatures can tell us about neuroscience

Much of what we know about neuroscience has been worked out from research on animals in the sea. One of those is vision.

Fish can be fooled – just like humans

Published on: 18 October 2016

Fish are fooled by visual illusions in the same way as humans, finds new QBI research.

QBI researchers have established that trigger fish can see colours that humans cannot. (Image credit: Justin Marshall / QBI)

QBI research triggers fish vision discovery

Published on: 21 September 2016

A QBI study into trigger fish has found that they see colours that humans cannot.

Despite being able to camouflage themselves in colourful surroundings, cuttlefish, squid and octopus are colourblind, QBI research has found.

Marine life showing its true colours

Published on: 14 September 2016

Despite being able to camouflage themselves in colourful surroundings, cuttlefish, squid and octopus are colourblind, QBI research has found.

Visual perception

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