Why is an object’s size perceived the same regardless of changes in distance? A group of researchers at Osaka University found that neurons in the monkey visual cortical area V4*1, one of the areas in ...

This news release is available in Japanese. A group of researchers at Osaka University found that neurons in the monkey visual cortical area V4*1, one of the areas in the visual cortex, calculate the ...

Neuroscientists from Western University have taken the all-important first step towards understanding the neural basis of size constancy or the ability to see an object as having the same size despite ...

Even when we consciously know two lines are the same length, why can't we help seeing them as different? ILLUSIONS ARE ANOMALIES that can reveal clues about the mysterious workings of the brain to ...

IF two objects of the same size are viewed so that one is twice as far from the eyes as the other, the retinal image of the farther object will be one-half the size of the image of the nearer object, ...

This group's achievements clarified the neural basis of size constancy and are expected to be helpful in improving 3D image-recognition techniques and understanding causes of diseases manifesting size ...

Scientists have found that neurons in the monkey visual cortical area V4*1, one of the areas in the visual cortex, calculate the size of an object based on information on its retinal image size and ...