People and computers perceive the world differently, which can lead AI to make mistakes no human would. Researchers are working on how to bring human and AI vision into alignment.
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Errors don’t necessarily mean your mind is faulty. They may actually be a sign of a cognitive system with limited capacity working efficiently.
Neuroscientists tackling the age-old question of whether perceptions of color hold from one person to the next are coming up with some interesting answers.
Many scientific concepts, including bushfires and climate change, happen at scales outside human perception. So how can we ever understand them?
The use of bodycams promised to settle disputes about what really happens in police interactions with civilians. But they might not, because of both human and technological limitations.
VR is being applied to shopping, car manufacturing and exercise – but it remains a challenge to transport humans to new worlds with an acceptable sense of presence.
The cheerleader effect describes the phenomenon that you appear more attractive in a group than solo - and it works for men as well as women.
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Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Cardiff University
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
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Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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Senior Investigator at the National Eye Institute, Section on Perception, Cognition, and Action, National Institutes of Health
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Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
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Researcher, Environmental Philosophy, University of Sydney
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PhD Student in Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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Visiting Fellow in Sensation, Cognition & Action, National Institutes of Health
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Affiliated Faculty of Psychology, New Mexico State University
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Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Psychology, New Mexico State University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond