Study: Depression affects visual perception … making it more accurate

By SharpBrains | April 19, 2021

Depres­sion affects visu­al per­cep­tion (press release by Uni­ver­si­ty of Helsin­ki): Researchers spe­cialised in psy­chi­a­try and psy­chol­o­gy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Helsin­ki inves­ti­gat­ed the effects of depres­sion on visu­al per­cep­tion. The study con­firmed that the pro­cess­ing of visu­al infor­ma­tion is altered in depressed peo­ple, a phe­nom­e­non most like­ly linked with the pro­cess­ing of infor­ma­tion in the…

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Visual Illusions in Art and Science

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | February 21, 2011

The fol­low­ing is an excerpt from “Sleights of Minds: What the Neu­ro­science of Mag­ic Reveals about Our Every­day Decep­tions.” by Stephen L. Mack­nik and Susana Mar­tinez-Conde with San­dra Blakeslee, pub­lished by Hen­ry Holt and Co., LLC © 2010 by  Stephen L. Mack­nik and Susana Mar­tinez-Conde. Visu­al illu­sions are fas­ci­nat­ing. They have both been used by…

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