In everyday visual perception, objects are rarely encoded in isolation, but often with other objects appearing in the same scene. It is thus critical for primate vision to recover the identity of an ...

A sugar mixture similar to hard candy studded with tiny metal discs or rings has been used to deposit patterns onto microscopic objects. This method of creating texture on small objects could be ...

Object recognition, the process by which distinct visual forms are assigned distinct identity labels, lies at the heart of our ability to make sense of the visual world. It underlies many neural ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. What happens when imagination meets perception, and ordinary objects come alive? We explore the science of pareidolia. Summary: Our minds are wired to ...