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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📊 Does colour help us spot relationships in bar charts? New research in i-Perception finds that while spatial layout affects what we detect, static and dynamic colour cues don’t necessarily improve detection. Read the paper: doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🔗 Can we really ignore the visual binding problem? Examples of visual illusions show that features such as colour and motion can be incorrectly combined, providing evidence that visual binding remains an important problem for understanding perception👁️ Read more: doi.org/10.1177/0301...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

👁️ Can your eyes respond to an illusion as if it were real? Researchers found that pupil size and eye movements changed on if people saw a hole or a bump. The eyes responded to the perceived 3D shape — even though the stimulus was completely flat. 🌀 Read more: doi.org/10.1177/0301...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Negative emotions don't always rely on colour in the same way🧠🎨 Comparing 100 colour images with their greyscale versions, researchers found that removing colour reduced disgust but had little effect on fear. Read more: doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🏆 Award-winning ECR Paper Can we recognise emotions in painted faces? 🎨 116 portraits, six basic emotions — but many didn’t fit neatly into one category. Perhaps emotions in art are more complex than six labels suggest. doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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ECVP 2026 @ecvp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🌈 It’s starting! Karl Gegenfurtner is now delivering the ECVP 2026 Perception Lecture: “Colour Vision — Then and Now” at the Bournemouth International Centre. This lecture is proudly sponsored by Perception & i-Perception. 👏 Enjoy the lecture! 👀 #ECVP2026 #ColorVision #VisionScience

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🕊️ Remembering Tim Meese Two obituaries celebrate Tim’s life, work and lasting impact on our vision science community, offering different perspectives on a much-missed colleague, collaborator and friend. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🎤 Perception Lecture at ECVP 2026 We are delighted to announce the Perception Lecture, sponsored by SAGE journals Perception and i-Perception. Join Karl Gegenfurtner for: 🌈 “Colour Vision — Then and Now” 📅 Sunday 23 August 📍 Bournemouth International Centre #ECVP2026 #ColorVision

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🌊 👀 Can two simple patterns create something that really isn't there? This new paper introduces Dynamic Illusory Waves (DIWAs)—a striking illusion where relative motion gives rise to flowing, transparent phantom surfaces. Make your own: maltacogsci.org/diwa/ Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

✨ How does the visual system combine conflicting information from both eyes? 👁️ Using segmented ring stimuli, this study shows that binocular lustre is shaped by a weighted integration of visual signals—not a winner-takes-all process. 📖 doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🖼️➡️🧠 How do we turn fragments into a complete picture? This study used slit-viewing tasks to investigate visual temporal integration and found no relationship between autistic traits, imagination difficulties, and task performance. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Beauty and attractiveness aren't quite the same. 🎨 Ratings of art portraits showed that beauty judgments were linked to objective image properties A reminder that what makes an artwork beautiful isn't necessarily what makes its subject attractive. Read more: doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🎨 Is generative AI creating art—or high-resolution kitsch? 🤖 Does AI excel at producing familiar, emotionally appealing images. Or does it risk reducing ambiguity, perspective shifts, and the perceptual disruption that gives art its transformative power. Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/0301...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🎯 One set of printed images, many different percepts. 💡 Under changing illumination, observers reported effects ranging from glow and flow to rotation, depth, and material changes—all without altering the images themselves. Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

👀 Can a visual effect make something feel sticky? 🖐️ As participants pulled their fingers apart, a deforming region stretched before breaking. 📈 The farther it stretched, the stickier it was perceived to be—even without any physical resistance. Full paper doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

🎯 Three ways to perceive the same object ⬛ The figure compares luminance-, disparity-, and two-frame motion-defined forms. 📏 Even though motion-defined objects quickly faded from view, observers judged their shape almost as accurately as the other two conditions. Full paper doi.org/10.1177/0301...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

😷 Do face masks affect social judgments differently in people with autistic traits? 🤝 Masked faces were perceived as more trustworthy 📈 Masked faces were also rated as more competent 🧩 These effects did not differ between individuals with high and low autistic traits ↓ doi.org/10.1177/0301...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🎨 Why do these shapes look three-dimensional? 💡 Robert Fones' paintings are illuminated as though light comes from above and slightly left—a direction known to enhance depth perception 👁️ Turn them upside down and some viewers see the shapes reverse Full Paper↓ doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🎯 Does uncertainty around object position affect perceived causality? ↗️ Stronger causal impressions were reported for oblique than cardinal motion trajectories 👁️ Sensory uncertainty was higher for oblique trajectories 🏆 Congratulations to Lina et al. on receiving an Early Career Best Paper Prize

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A number sense for action ✋ Children's performance on an action-based numerosity task predicted arithmetic ability ➕ More strongly than dot or flash estimation tasks This i-Perception study points to a unique role for sensorimotor numerosity in mathematical development. ↓ doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🧠 People who struggle to identify emotions tend to have weaker awareness of internal body signals 🕹️ Moving in sync with a VR body increases the feeling that it’s “yours” This Perception study shows emotion awareness and body signals help shape embodiment in VR. doi.org/10.1177/0301...

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Interoception, alexithymia, and motor congruency: Psychological drivers of body ownership in virtual reality - Sarune Savickaite, Mitra Gupta, Dharshini Kannan, 2026

Alexithymia, a personality trait marked by difficulty in identifying and describing emotions, is associated with differences in interoception – the ability to p...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Psychophysics & sample size debate 👀Small “n” isn’t automatically weak 📊Large “n” isn’t always the only path to rigour This Perception Editorial revisits a long-standing tension in vision science Small n does not mean poor research. ↓ Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/0301...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

With profound sadness we announce the sudden and unexpected death of our Editor-in-Chief, Tim Meese. A founding editor of i-Perception, Tim was a pillar of the vision science community and instrumental in shaping the landscape of scientific publishing in our field.

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

AI faces vs real faces. 👀 People can tell them apart 🤖 But AI faces may be recognised more accurately This new Perception paper suggests AI faces engage perception and memory differently. ↓ Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/0301...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Emotion recognition is influenced by movement. 👀 Static faces draw more attention to the eyes—but gaze shifts when expressions change. 🎥 This new Perception paper highlights why more realistic stimuli matter. ↓ Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/0301...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Put on red–cyan glasses🔴🔵 A flat image can reveal depth. Anaglyphs create stereoscopic perception by sending different signals to each eye. This new i-Perception paper explores how. ↓ Full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Look closely👀 Does the number of items feel stable—or does it change? Numerosity perception is surprisingly flexible. Explored in this new i-Perception paper. ↓ Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Quick question: 🖐️ or 📳 — which makes an experience feel more realistic? Touch can increase immersion, presence, and engagement. But can haptic tech match the nuance of human interaction? This new i-Perception paper explores both. ↓ Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Are you so interested in perception that you've started to ask questions that border on the philosophical? 💭 If so then you'll love Perception's new Philosophy Corner - now open for submissions ✨️ For more details please see: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Ian Phillips @ianbphillips.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Great new initiative from the editors of Perception: Philosophy Corner. A forum for "accessible reflections on the conceptual foundations of sensory/perception science where empirical insight meets philosophical inquiry". journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Introducing Philosophy Corner - Tim S. Meese, Pascal Mamassian, Isabelle Mareschal, Frans A.J. Verstraten, 2025

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Already halfway through the fantastic @ecvp.bsky.social‬ conference in Mainz! It started beautifully with the Perception Lecture given by Astrid Kappers. Looking forward to reading the paper linked to the lecture that will be published in Perception!

Astrid Kappers being congratulated by Heiko Hecht at the end of her Perception Lecture at ECVP 2025

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

💭 Reduction in distraction due to perceptual load: A failure to replicate by Snowden and Gray "These results show that load theory is, at best, an incomplete explanation of how stimuli are selected, and the fate of the non-attended stimuli." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Ben Balas @bjbalas.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I really appreciated @mamassian.bsky.social's editorial in @pec-ipe.bsky.social about using LLMs for peer review. The review process faces serious challenges, to be sure: I don't know anyone who hasn't struggled to find reviewers these days. Still, we can't ignore the issues raised here.

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

🔵 Qualitative shape from shading by Norman and Todd This work suggests that humans can distinguish between luminance caused by surface orientation compared to differences in illuminance caused by multiple light sources, cast shadows, and indirect reflections 🌟 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

⚫️/⬛️? Reassessing the curvature effect in tables and chairs by Chuquichambi et al People typically show a preference for curved rather than angular contours, but findings from this paper revealed no clear preference for curvature in chairs or tables ⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

"And just like microwaves are now mostly used to reheat old meals, LLMs mostly regurgitate some old text that they were trained on. This is hardly what we expect when we ask reviewers to critically evaluate the quality of an original manuscript." Definitely worth a read 💭 @mamassian.bsky.social

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

🖼 The embodied experience of abstract art: Moving across the 20th century by Cox and van Klaveren This article looks at the emerging relationship between artwork and one's bodily movements and associated embodied affective states 💭 ⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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The embodied experience of abstract art: Moving across the 20th century - Ralf F. A. Cox, Lisa-Maria van Klaveren, 2025

The aim of this study was to contribute to our understanding of embodied art experiences. We were interested in the emerging relationship between artwork, on th...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

👂👃 The diatonic sound of scent imagery by Pimentel et al This article finds that major modes were perceived as brighter and more liked than minor modes, which was similar for floral & fresh fragrances relative to oriental & woody fragrances 🌸🌟 ⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

⚡️🎮 What role does touch play in active entertainment? A narrative review of tactile feedback in gaming - Gao & Spence Considers the history of tactile feedback to see if there's scope for tactile simulation to enhance interactivity across active entertainment ⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Do people with cerebral visual impairment (CVI) have mental imagery? 💭 Assessing visual mental imagery abilities in cerebral visual impairment by Manley, Ravenscroft and Merabet ⬇️⬇️⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🏆 Did you know we offer early career best paper prizes? You could be eligible if you're the primary author and are within 5 years of completing your PhD - definitely worth a look! For the full list of papers awarded these prizes, please see the link below: journals.sagepub.com/page/ipe/col...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

👶 Does early visual deprivation affect preference for looking towards face-like stimuli in newborns? Effects of early visual deprivation on face detection in premature newborns by de Almeida et al (Perception) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

🏆 Early Career Best Paper Prize Winner 🏆 (Definitely worth a read!) Monocular blur impairs heading judgements from optic flow by Sheppard et al "...the impact of monocular blur on heading perception becomes apparent only when optic flow signals are weak" ⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

⏰️ Time is running out to contribute to our Special Collection on 3D Object Perception and Recognition If you have exciting results on 3D object perception/ recognition - consider publishing your results in a Special Collection in i-Perception DL: 31 March 2025 journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

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Ben Balas @bjbalas.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Great piece about the importance of spending time with your colleagues over coffee.Totally the kind of thing that probably looks "inefficient" to some, but leads to so many valuable outcomes. #VisionScience

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

"... the best thing to do is to come back to the lab, meet a few times a day in the coffee room, and have all those discussions that we used to have" ☕️ New editorial: The coffee room and the future of perception research By Frans A.J. Verstraten journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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The coffee room and the future of perception research - Frans A.J. Verstraten, 2025

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

If you're into motion perception then this short report is a real treat... (don't forget to check out the videos in the supplementary materials) 🎥 Vection is enhanced by visual oscillation based on four-stroke apparent motion by Nakamura and Palmisano journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Does changing the orientation of the body or arms affect perceptual judgements of length of objects? Read below to find out 😇 The influence of body orientation on length judgements by Scarpellini and Smeets journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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