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Testing Tactile Masking between the Forearms
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2016
Here we explore contralateral tactile masking between the forearms in which tactile detection thresholds are modulated by vibration applied to a remote site. The details of which remote sites have an effect can tell us about how the body is represented in the brain.
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Object Substitution Masking
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Jonathan Flombaum—Johns Hopkins University Visual masking is a term used by perceptual scientists to refer to a wide range of phenomena in which in an image is presented but not perceived by an observer because of the presentation of a second image. There are several different kinds of masking, many of them relatively intuitive and unsurprising. But one surprising and important type of masking is called Object Substitution Masking. It has been a focus of research in vision...
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Visual Statistical Learning
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Jonathan Flombaum—Johns Hopkins University The visual environment contains massive amounts of information involving the relations between objects in space and time; certain objects are more likely to appear in the vicinity of other objects. Learning these regularities can support a wide array of visual processing, including object recognition. Unsurprisingly, then, humans appear to learn these regularities automatically, quickly, and without conscious awareness. The name...
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Probability in Statistics
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2023
Probability is the likelihood of an event occurring. The term event is defined as a collection of results of a procedure. An event is a simple event when an outcome cannot be divided into simpler parts. An example of a simple event is a coin toss. The result of a coin toss is either a head or a tail. Here, head and tail are two simple events. These two simple events make up the sample space. Further, the probability of an event occurring falls within the range of 0 to 1. The probability of an...
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Statistical Significance
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2026
Once data is collected from both the experimental and the control groups, a statistical analysis is conducted to find out if there are meaningful differences between the two groups. A statistical analysis determines how likely any difference found is due to chance (and thus not meaningful). In psychology, group differences are considered meaningful, or significant, if the odds that these differences occurred by chance alone are 5 percent or less. Stated another way, if we repeated this...
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Mask statistics depend first on how image regions are delineated. A binary mask marks the pixels belonging to a region, whereas labels distinguish regions within the same image. The analysis then applies boundaries or labels to calculate geometric features or summarize pixel values. Consequently, segmentation errors can directly alter measured size, shape, intensity, and spatial distribution.
Geometric measurements describe properties such as object area and shape, making them useful for assessing morphology or counting regions. Pixel-based measurements summarize values inside the selected boundaries, which supports analysis of fluorescence or other image intensities. Examining both types can connect structural changes with signal changes rather than treating appearance as a single measurement.
A mask boundary determines which pixels contribute to an intensity measurement. If the region is too broad, values from surrounding areas may be included; if it is too narrow, signal belonging to the biological structure may be omitted. Using boundaries that consistently represent the intended region makes fluorescence comparisons more interpretable across images and experimental groups.
Consistent measurement settings help ensure that differences reflect biological variation rather than changes in analysis. The same approach to segmentation, region selection, and feature calculation should be maintained when comparing treatments, developmental stages, or disease models. Without that consistency, apparent differences in cell number, area, morphology, fluorescence, or distribution may be difficult to interpret.
A practical workflow begins by creating or obtaining a binary or labeled segmentation mask for the structures of interest. The mask is then used to define measurement regions, after which geometric features and relevant pixel values are calculated. Researchers can organize these results by image or region and compare them across the biological conditions being studied.
They are useful when microscopy images must be converted into quantitative comparisons. Researchers can measure cell number, area, morphology, fluorescence, or spatial organization across treatments, developmental stages, and disease models. This approach replaces purely visual assessment with structured measurements that can reveal whether biological conditions are associated with changes in particular image features.
The measurements provide several complementary levels of evidence: counts indicate how many segmented objects are present, area and shape describe morphology, intensity summarizes image signal, and distribution captures organization within the image. Together, these outcomes can help relate image patterns to experimental conditions, provided the masks and measurement settings reliably represent the biological structures under study.