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CEC call for proposals on Life like Perception systems
The new FET (*) initiative "Life-like perception systems" (LPS) is now open for proposals. The deadline of the proposals is 17 October 2001. LPS wants to break new ground at the interface between IT and biological sciences. Its objective is to develop integrated perception systems that... view more (2001-08-03)

Learned motor programs directly influence the visual perception of movements
When novel movements are learned-for example, in sports-visual and motor learning take place simultaneously.   view more (2006-01-10)

Speech perception from cochlear implantation in young deaf children (p 466)
Young children with congenital and prelingual deafness can develop substantial speech-perception abilities up to 5 years after cochlear implantation, concludes a study published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET. Cochlear implants provide access to the speech signal in profoundly deaf... view more (2000-08-02)

Barrow scientists solve 200-year-old scientific debate involving visual illusions
Neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have discovered a direct link between eye motions and the perception of illusory motion that solves a 200-year-old debate.   view more (2008-11-21)

Fine motor skills, social acceptance lower in children with 'lazy eye'
A recent study evaluating the fine motor skills and perceived self esteem of children with amblyopia (or "lazy eye") compared with age-matched children will be presented during the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2007 Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.   view more (2007-05-09)

Scientists uncover why picture perception works
A team of scientists has solved a key mystery of visual perception. Why do pictures look the same when viewed from different angles?   view more (2005-09-22)

Brain shows humans break down events into smaller units
In order to comprehend the continuous stream of cacophonies and visual stimulation that battle for our attention, humans will breakdown activities into smaller, more digestible chunks, a phenomenon that psychologists describe as "event structure perception."   view more (2007-05-02)

Tibetan monks yield clues to brain's regulation of attention
University of Queensland researchers have teamed up with Tibetan Buddhist monks to uncover clues to how meditation can affect perception.   view more (2005-06-07)

Fear of crime in Northern Ireland is not irrational
Fear of crime in Northern Ireland is a rational perception and not based just on irrational emotion. This contrasts with the view that fear of crime is a separate issue from the reality of being a victim of crime. The inadequacy of the method for investigating fear of crime has been responsible for... view more (1999-03-26)

Bumble bees can estimate time intervals
In a finding that broadens our understanding of time perception in the animal kingdom, researchers have discovered that an insect pollinator, the bumble bee, can estimate the duration of time intervals.   view more (2006-08-22)

New WHO study asks, "How happy are you with your lot in life?"
Researchers are asking people throughout Britain to describe how happy they are with their lot in life to help improve the effect of the healthcare they receive.   view more (2004-11-15)

IP in Europe: Glass half full?
Public perception of intellectual property (IP) needs to change if the European IP landscape is to continue build on its past successes.   view more (2005-04-27)

Study: Perception of hole size influenced by performance
Golfers who play well are more likely to see the hole as larger than their poor-playing counterparts, according to a Purdue University researcher.   view more (2008-07-08)

Sound adds speed to visual perception
The traditional view of individual brain areas involved in perception of different sensory stimuli-i.e., one brain region involved in hearing and another involved in seeing-has been thrown into doubt in recent years.   view more (2008-08-12)

Study suggests human visual system could make powerful computer
Since the idea of using DNA to create faster, smaller, and more powerful computers originated in 1994, scientists have been scrambling to develop successful ways to use genetic code for computation.   view more (2008-07-24)

Sweet smell
What makes one smell pleasant and another odious? Is there something in the chemistry of a substance that can serve to predict how we will perceive its smell?   view more (2007-09-18)

Quality Of Beef - According To The Consumer
"Attributes of meat quality for the consumer and its relation to the classification systems of bovine carcasses in Spain and in the USA" is the title of the study that researchers at the Public University of Navarre and the University of Illinois are carrying out. The research will... view more (2004-08-11)

How the brain sorts babble into auditory streams
Known as "the cocktail party problem," the ability of the brain's auditory processing centers to sort a babble of different sounds, like cocktail party chatter, into identifiable individual voices has long been a mystery.   view more (2005-10-06)

Race and gender influence people's perceptions of how fairly they are paid
Race and gender have a strong influence on people's perceptions of how fairly they are paid, according to new research by University of Warwick Researcher Maureen Paul, to be presented at the Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference on Tuesday 8 April. Her analysis of data from the British Social... view more (2003-04-02)

Seeing red
In spring, thoughts turn to sex, and three-spined stickleback females set about finding the most attractive mate. Their method of selection is to choose the male with the most attractive red belly, so it's not surprising that Dr. Victoria Braithwaite (University of Edinburgh) has discovered that... view more (2004-03-24)

Engineering: A Risky Business?
Increased public interest in emerging technologies and subsequent concern over the safety of areas such as mobile phones, genetically modified food, rail travel and nuclear power has been dominating the headlines. Yet often the public's perception of risk differs to that of the scientific and... view more (2000-04-26)

New strategy helps reduce errors in obstetrical care
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have implemented patient safety enhancements to dramatically reduce errors and improve the staff's own perception of the safety climate in obstetrical care.   view more (2008-02-04)

Color sudoku puzzle demonstrates new vision for computing
Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Computer Science have developed a colour based Sudoku Puzzle that will help Sudoku players solve traditional Sudoku puzzles but also helps demonstrate the potential benefits of a radical new vision for computing.   view more (2007-12-18)

Optical illusions, mirages that don't deceive
The aim of this paper is to dispel the excessively widespread myth that optical illusions are errors of the visual system. In 1978, Stanley Coren and Joan Stern Girgus published one of the most significant works of scientific literature in the last few decades, entitled "Seeing is Deceiving:... view more (2006-07-24)

True colors are in the brain of the beholder
Pictures of brain waves that reveal our ability to see colour could provide a new objective way to diagnose and monitor diseases that affect human colour perception.   view more (2006-08-10)
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