Tag: visual

Study suggests plain packaging of cigarettes encourages young smokers to heed health warnings

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From the Wiley press release via EurekAlert!: New research published online in the scientific journal Addiction shows that plain packaging (requiring cigarettes to be packaged in standard packages without attractive… Read more »

Study looks at gender differences in vision and attention

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From the University of Southern California press release: In a new study published in the journal Vision Research, researchers at the University of Southern California show that the eyes and… Read more »

Study suggests that lack of sleep can affect performance in certain tasks

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From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release via ScienceDaily: Anyone that has ever had trouble sleeping can attest to the difficulties at work the following day. Experts recommend eight… Read more »

Researchers develop technology that allows communication by using eyes to write in cursive

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From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: A new technology described in the paper published online on July 26 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, might allow people… Read more »

Brain discovery sheds light on link between vision and emotion

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From the Monash University press release: Neuroscientists have discovered a new area of the brain that is uniquely specialised for peripheral vision and could be targeted in future treatments for… Read more »

Study suggests strobe eyewear training improves visual memory

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From the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences press release by Julie Rhodes via ScienceDaily: Stroboscopic training, performing a physical activity while using eyewear that simulates a strobe-like experience, has been… Read more »

Study suggests computer is no match for human brain in visual searches

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From the UC Santa Barbara press release via EurekAlert!: You’re headed out the door and you realize you don’t have your car keys. After a few minutes of rifling through… Read more »

Study suggests consumers are drawn to the centre when choosing products

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From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Consumers are more likely to select products located in the horizontal center of a display and may not make… Read more »

Study suggests training improves recognition of quickly presented objects

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From the Brown University press release via EurekAlert!: So far it has seemed an irreparable limitation of human perception that we strain to perceive things in the very rapid succession… Read more »

Device converting images into music helps individuals without vision reach for objects in space

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From the IOS Press press release via EurekAlert!: Sensory substitution devices (SSDs) use sound or touch to help the visually impaired perceive the visual scene surrounding them. The ideal SSD… Read more »