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Inner ear balance disorders common, associated with falls among older Americans

An estimated 35 percent of U.S. adults age 40 and older have vestibular dysfunction (inner ear balance disorders), and those who do may have a higher risk of falling, according to a report in the May 25 issue of Archives of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Not just your imagination: The brain perceives optical illusions as real motion

Ever get a little motion sick from an illusion graphic designed to look like it's moving? A new study suggests that these illusions do more than trick the eye; they may also convince the brain that the graphic ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Barrow scientists solve 200-year-old scientific debate involving visual illusions

Neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have discovered a direct link between eye motions and the perception of illusory motion that solves a 200-year-old debate.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Optical illusions: caused by eye or brain?

When viewing the famous optical illusion painting Enigma by Isia Leviant, many people claim to see motion within the colored circles moving against the black and white striped background. Although this optica ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 11, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (82) | comments 17 feature

Scientists discover first fossil of a leaf insect

Stick and leaf insects both belong to the insect order “Phamatodea,” or “phasmid” for short, a term which shares the same roots as the word “phantom.” Besides appropriately describing the species’ illusory ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 08, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (47) | comments 0 feature

Now You Don't See It, Now You Do: Filling In Creates the Illusion of Motion

The parade of lights flashing on a theater marquee provides an important lesson in how the brain creates the illusion of motion. While we know each bulb remains stationary, the lighting and dimming of each in succession makes ...

Other Sciences /

created Jul 20, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hyperventilating Over 'Space Weapons'

HOUSTON, June 17 (SPX) -- Mere military exploration of space hardware doesn't mean the next Star Wars is at hand. In fact, misinformation in such matters is quite dangerous in this world. Is the sanctity of the heavens abo ...

Space & Earth /

created Jun 17, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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