Medical imaging experts are adept at solving common optical illusions, according to UEA research. The research is the first ...

In a nutshell Radiologists and radiographers, who spend their careers examining medical images, are significantly less ...

Optical illusions have always fascinated humans, challenging our perception and revealing how our brains interpret visual information. This article pr ...

According to current theories of expertise, this shouldn’t happen. Becoming an expert in chess, for example, makes you better ...

People in this profession found to be strangely skilled at spotting optical illusions - Medical image analysis experts have ...

From mind-twisting images to puzzles designed to deceive the eyes, these illusions continue to engage users and test their perception. Optical illusions serve as more than just a fun distraction ...

suggesting that the illusion can be caused by high-level cognitive and perceptual factors and indicating that the sensorimotor system can operate independently of the cognitive/perceptual system.

The peripheral drift illusion causes us to perceive motion in a still image. A new study shows that the mechanism of this illusion relies on changes in pupil size.

given that 60 to 80% of diagnostic errors are perceptual in nature," he added. More information: Radoslaw Wincza et al, Specific visual expertise reduces susceptibility to visual illusions ...

In this Ebbinghaus illusion of relative size perception, the orange circle on the left looks bigger than the one on the right - but it is actually 10 per cent smaller. In a new study, medical imaging ...