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How do humans see 3D shapes based on 2D shading?

Shading stimulus

April 22, 2014

How do humans see 3D shapes based on 2D shading?

It has long been assumed that one of the ways in which humans perceive three-dimensions in a two-dimensional image is due to an implicit assumption that light is ‘falling from above’ (affecting the shading in the image). In this study, new research shows that this effect can be swayed by other light clues, for example by the presence of an external light source. A new blog post also explores these perception findings in greater context.

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April 22, 2014

Oppositional defiant- and conduct disorder-like problems: neurodevelopmental predictors and genetic background in boys and girls, in a nationwide twin study

Nóra Kerekes, Sebastian Lundström, Zheng Chang, Armin Tajnia, Patrick Jern, Paul Lichtenstein, Thomas Nilsson, Henrik Anckarsäter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.359 PubMed 24795851

April 1, 2014

Predicting changes in language skills between 2 and 3 years in the EDEN mother–child cohort

Hugo Peyre, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Anne Forhan, Marie-Aline Charles, Maria De Agostini, Barbara Heude, Franck Ramus

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.335 PubMed 24749012

April 15, 2014

Diet and kwashiorkor: a prospective study from rural DR Congo

Hallgeir Kismul, Jan Van den Broeck, Torleif Markussen Lunde