High IQ scores were linked to spotting small motions in a visual test High IQ scorers also had trouble spotting larger motions The finding points to the brain efficiently focusing on details as a key ...

A simple visual test is surprisingly accurate at predicting IQ, according to new research. The study, published today (May 23) in the journal Current Biology, found that people's ability to ...

In 350 BC, Aristotle reported seeing illusory movement after staring at a constantly moving stimulus. Later coined the "waterfall illusion," scientists are still investigating the properties of motion ...

When a viewer moves relative to the environment, the visual image projected onto the retina changes accordingly. Within small regions of the retina and for short durations, this motion is commonly ...

Experimental design (a) and results for the space experiment (b) and the ground-based control experiments (c & d). BMIE: the normalized BM inversion effect; BMUpr & BMInv: task performances for the ...