Perception: Our useful inability to see reality

Visual perception: Monkeys see things our way

Neural mechanisms of visual perception can be studied in detail only in non-human animals. But recent work in humans has revealed a striking functional homology between the human and monkey visual systems, confirming the relevance of animal data and establishing a paradigm for cross-species studies of brain function.

Using virtual reality to augment perception, enhance sensorimotor adaptation, and change our minds

Technological advances that involve human sensorimotor processes can have both intended and unintended effects on the central nervous system (CNS). This mini review focuses on the use of virtual environments (VE) to augment brain functions by enhancing perception, eliciting automatic motor behavior, and inducing sensorimotor adaptation. VE technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in medica...

Visual perception: Learning to see through noise

New studies show that perceptual learning does not reduce the noise inherent to the neuronal mechanisms of perception. Rather, learning boosts the brain's capability to extract and make use of the relevant outside signal - but where and how the neuronal changes occur is still unknown.

Can Our Experiments Illuminate Reality?

Our reality as emergent phenomenon

In this article, I propose new paradigm of physics. The paradigm leads to simple and unified picture of world. Such simplification and unification has cost of several key concepts of philosophy, including Being. I propose very radical hypothesis of emergent space-time-matter, in which space-time-matter are emergent properties of more fundamental entity. The hypothesis of emergent reality (ERhyp...