Blogs about: Sensation And Perception
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Domain specificity follows from interactions between overlapping maps
Object-face by Multitude I can’t simplify the title beyond that, but don’t run away yet, the idea itself is straight forward once the terminology is explained. Skip ahead two paragraphs if… more →
The Phineas Gage Fan Club
Visualizing Happiness
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Christine Dionese wrote 6 months ago: Sensation and Perception The way in which we perceive visual stimuli as colors is determined by an o … more →
I Want to be Better than Cyclops – the One-eyed Crustacean
Charlon Kim wrote 8 months ago: “I think I am not normal.” Today, we discussed about the Signal Detection Theory. I don’t care much … more →
You're Moving What? When? Why?
Chris wrote 1 year ago: Real quick post and some good reading… Before the Radiohead concert tonight, I wanted to share this … more →
Cochlear Implant Supports an Author’s Active Life
editor wrote 1 year ago: Cochlear Implant Supports an Author’s Active Life Summary: Read the remarkable journey of a young ma … more →
Domain specificity follows from interactions between overlapping maps
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Johan wrote 1 year ago: Object-face by Multitude I can’t simplify the title beyond that, but don’t run away yet, … more →
The Claim: Menstrual Cycles Can Synchronize Over Time
editor wrote 1 year ago: The Claim: Menstrual Cycles Can Synchronize Over Time Summary: This article reports findings from a … more →
Sightless Parent Fish Don't Produce Just Sightless Hybrids
editor wrote 1 year ago: Sightless Parent Fish Don’t Produce Just Sightless Hybrids Summary: This article reports on fi … more →
A Princeton Lab on ESP Plans to Close Its Doors
editor wrote 1 year ago: A Princeton Lab on ESP Plans to Close Its Doors Summary: A Princeton lab has been doing research on … more →
Learning to recognise faces: perceptual narrowing?
Johan wrote 1 year ago: That image certainly piques your interest, doesn’t it? Sugita (2008) was interested in address … more →
Podcast: Subliminal Messages
editor wrote 1 year ago: This podcast episode features a conversation between two psychologists who discuss the controversial … more →
Visual Cortex: A Schematic Map
Johan wrote 2 years ago: I came across this figure in a review by Grill-Spector and Malach (2004). It condenses an already-de … more →
Hearing limitations, pt. 2: Distinguishing MP3 from CD
Johan wrote 2 years ago: As a continuation of the recent post on audiophiles, let’s look closer at how good we are dete … more →
Audiophiles and the limitations of human hearing
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Johan wrote 2 years ago: The other week Gizmodo posted an amusing rant about a set of $7250 speaker cables, and the gushing r … more →
N170 face controversy continues
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Johan wrote 2 years ago: A while back I blogged a paper by Thierry et al (2007 – see also the Neurocritic’s post) … more →
Google images now detects faces (poorly)
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Johan wrote 2 years ago: Google has somewhat secretly rolled out a special filter for its image searches, that enables you to … more →
Light blogging: James Haxby talk
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Johan wrote 2 years ago: In this video, James Haxby talks about how a multivariate techique called pattern classification can … more →
Im in ur blog, writin bout teh psychologiez
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Mandy wrote 2 years ago: As my department’s resident crazy cat lady, it’s no surprise that I take great joy in lo … more →
Early split in the processing of faces and their expressions
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Johan wrote 2 years ago: You might suppose that processing faces and facial expressions should be done in the same place … more →
Hotwiring the Visual System
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Johan wrote 2 years ago: A recent paper in PNAS by Pezaris and Reed (2007) outlines a potential way of providing artificial v … more →
