Discover why hills look steeper than they are and how eye height and gaze angle shape everyday visual perception. (CREDIT: Getty Images) People rarely notice how their eyes shape their sense of the ...

A new UCLA study challenges long-standing research claims that people of East Asian and European origins perform differently on a well-known visual perception test. The rod-and-frame task asks viewers ...

Weirder than weird. Stranger than strange. You win if these pics don't make you go 'hmmm' and ask, 'What the heck?!' ...

Interior design is not only about colour schemes and furniture placement—it’s also about how a space feels. Interior finishes heavily influence perceptions of a room's size, height, and balance.

Audio cues can not only help us to recognize objects more quickly but can even alter our visual perception. That is, pair birdsong with a bird and we see a bird -- but replace that birdsong with a ...

Past research has suggested that people's cultural differences may result in differences in basic visual perception. New research found no evidence that these differences play a significant role in ...

New research shows how rhythmic brain waves help us distinguish between our own body and the external world, offering ...