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