Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” comes to llife …
[0:38] Watch Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” painting come to llife … First-Stare, only at the ce…
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Christof Koch – How are Brains Structured?
[3:31] As far as we know, brains are the most highly organized matter in the universe. How they make their magic is just as…
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From retina to cortex: An unexpected division of labor.
[3:21] Lee et al. “Topology of ON and OFF inputs in visual cortex enables an invariant columnar architecture…
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How optical illusions trick your brain
[5:18] Optical illusions are images that seem to trick our minds into seeing something different from what they actual…
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Checker board shade illusion
[1:17] Professor Edward H Adelson produced this excellent optical illusion in 1995. Two areas highlighted in the clip …
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Face Time: How Quickly Do You Judge A Face?
[4:47] By looking at a face for less than a second, we can judge someone’s age, gender, race, emotional state and even t…
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The Biggest Problem With Virtual Reality: Motion Sickness
[1:04] Visual motion cues are often at odds with what the ears perceive while in VR. [Source: Futurism YouTube link]…
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How brains see
[5:23] At the micro-scale the brain is a mess; a thick tangle of nerve cells connected at synapses. Mapping just a tiny po…
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The brain dictionary
[3:19] Where exactly are the words in your head? Scientists have created an interactive map showing which brain areas r…
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How The Blind See Race
[3:09] Even though the blind cannot see, is there any way for them to perceive race? [Source: DNews YouTube link]…
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