On a clear photo, today’s AI vision models can name a bear or a mushroom about as reliably as a person can. Rebuild an object ...

Toyohashi University of Technology discovered that when people judge the thickness of an object, objects with glass-like transparent optical properties are perceived to be flatter than they actually ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More It’s a well-established fact that humans learn a lot about the world from ...

Researchers found that people can detect a buried object in sand before their finger physically touches it, providing the ...

When comparing two objects, people either rely on internal memories of these objects or run their hands and eyes over them to directly perceive their similarity. The latter approach, a shortcut that ...

When we watch a mime seemingly pull rope, climb steps, or try to escape that infernal box, we don’t struggle to recognize the implied objects—our minds automatically “see” them, a new study concludes.

Our motion perception is remarkably well tuned to detect small changes in speed and direction. For example, soccer goalkeepers need to precisely judge the speed, direction, and curvature of an ...

Anyone who’s ever tried to find something in a hurry knows how helpful it is to think about the lost item’s color, size, and shape. Invisible traits matter, too, say researchers. When the researchers ...

Humans can visually perceive the motion of a small object better than that of a large one. By contrast, according to a study reported in the journal Current Biology on September 5, babies under 6 ...