Tag: perception

Neuralink Is Impressive Tech, Wrapped in Musk Hype

Musk didn’t seem to think this was essential. “A lot of people think, ‘I couldn’t possibly work at Neuralink because I don’t know anything...

What Virtual Reality for Flies Teaches Us About Human Vision

When the researchers presented the illusion to flies whose T5 neurons had been genetically turned off, the flies appeared to perceive motion even more...

Scientists Taught Mice to Smell an Odor That Doesn’t Exist

When neuroscientists David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel wanted to figure out how the brain parses its visual environment, they went as simple as they...

This Robot Can Guess How You’re Feeling by the Way You Walk

In order to understand how a gait looks, though, the robot needs objective data, not subjective judgements. So the researchers used algorithms that analyzed...

A Brain Implant Restored This Man’s Motion and Sense of Touch

Burkhart says that having the ability to move objects was “fantastic,” but he was limited without a sense of touch. Without this feedback, grabbing...

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