My review paper is out in Brain 🧠 Our review maps out proposed mechanisms of Charles Bonnet syndrome, a condition where vision loss triggers hallucinations confined to the blind spot. Read the early online version here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/Tangtarthara...

The neural mechanisms of Charles Bonnet syndrome

Charles Bonnet syndrome is characterised by visual hallucinations that cannot be explained by any other cause in individuals with visual impairment. Tangta

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The Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC) and Asia Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV) are holding a joint meeting in 2026, to be held at the University of Auckland from July 1-4. Abstract submissions now open! visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/

Our latest paper, “Visual language models show widespread visual deficits on neuropsychological tests”, is now out in Nature Machine Intelligence: www.nature.com/articles/s42... Non-paywalled version: arxiv.org/abs/2504.10786 Tweet thread below from first author @genetang.bsky.social...

Visual language models show widespread visual deficits on neuropsychological tests - Nature Machine Intelligence

Tangtartharakul and Storrs use standardized neuropsychological tests to compare human visual abilities with those of visual language models (VLMs). They report that while VLMs excel in high-level obje...

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