In humans, geometrical illusions are thought to reflect mechanisms that are usually helpful
for seeing the world in a predictable manner. These mechanisms deceive us given the right …

Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself an
illusion? Am I conscious now? Now considered the'last great mystery of science' …

The study of visual illusions has captured the attention of comparative psychologists since
the last century, given the unquestionable advantage of investigating complex perceptual …

Studying visual illusions is critical to understanding typical visual perception. We
investigated whether rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and capuchin monkeys (Cebus …

Susceptibility to geometrical visual illusions has been tested in a number of non-human
animal species, providing important information about how these species perceive their …

What might we learn if we take seriously the possibility of non-human Languages of Thought
(LoT)? A LoT is a combinatorial set of mental representations. And, since mental …

Optical illusions have been widely used to compare visual perception among vertebrates
because they can reveal how the system is able to adapt to visual input. Sensitivity to visual …

Visual size perception is highly context-dependent. In a series of experiments reported here,
we demonstrated that the contextual modulation of visual size processing could occur …

While zebrafish represent an important model for the study of the visual system, visual
perception in this species is still less investigated than in other teleost fish. In this work, we …

Domestic dogs play many vital roles in human lives; however, relatively little is known about
how they perceive the world visually. Given dogs' recent popularity as a subject in cognitive …