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Understanding how the human brain represents the information picked up by the senses is a longstanding objective of ...

Artist Lucy Kim uses bacteria, resin, and sand to challenge visual perception ‘Pigment Spells’ by Lucy Kim explores genetics, illusion, and the meaning of beauty ...

The visual system is the part of the central nervous system that is required for visual perception – receiving, processing and interpreting visual information to build a representation of the ...

New research reveals how early-life blurry, low-color vision may help shape the brain’s visual pathways into specialized systems.

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