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A scientific dispute spanning six decades about fundamental mechanisms of visual perception in mammals has now been settled. Researchers at TUM have succeeded in observing the visual information flow ...

It was supposed to be the TV event of the year: the cast of Friends reunited for the first time since the series finale in 2004. But the media and especially the social media could talk about only one ...

New research published in the journal i-Perception suggests that the way striped clothing affects body shape perception ...

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For decades, psychology departments around the world have studied human behaviour in darkened laboratories that restrict natural movement. Our new study, published today in Nature Communications, ...

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