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The Eye-Opening Neuroscience Behind Your Vision
How the brain helps us see is a captivating subject in the world of neuroscience.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Why Do We See Illusions?
Mark Changizi explains how the brain reckons with optical illusions in this TED talk.
  • TED
Searching Science: How the Brain Finds What You're Looking For
Why do some things stand out from the background? Explore how things get noticed by studying how our brains help us perform a visual search.
  • Scientific American
Spooky Science: Make a Ghostly Illusion
You won't believe your eyes in this spooktacular illusion.
  • Scientific American
Neuroscience Meets Magic
What can magic tricks tell us about the brain?
  • Scientific American
How We See Color
How do we see every imaginable color with just three types of color receptors in our eye?
  • TED
Brain and Behavior Lesson Plan
Students are introduced to brain structure, neurotransmitters, hormones, and neural networks in this nine part lesson.
  • Baylor College of Medicine
Depth Perception and the Hollow Face Illusion
The Hollow Face Illusion is spooky. The photo is of a flat sheet of plastic with a facial mask pushed in one side. In this case it’s the face of Albert Einstein*.
Is photographic memory real? If so, how does it work?
People with "photographic memory" are thought to be able to take and recall mental snapshots without error. But there is no evidence this type of memory exists.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Eye of the Tiger (Salamander)
Vision requires teamwork. Nerve cells in the retina communicate with one another to create optimal messages to send to the brain.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
An Inverted Mystery
Our brains’ recognition of objects depends on their orientation. What do you see in this image?
  • BrainFacts/SfN
What are hallucinations?
Hallucinations emerge when inner thoughts and expectations overpower sensory experience.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Snakes on a Brain
Does this brain appear to be rotating? Rapid, involuntary eye movements paired with sharp contrast patterns in an image may cause the brain to perceive motion where there is none.
  • BrainFacts/SfN

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