The Neuropsychology of the Director's Eye
How visual expertise reshapes neural architecture — and what that means for compositional mastery.
Research Blog
Insights on AI, computer vision, and cinematic innovation from Al-Haytham Labs
The Neuroscience of the Jump Scare — Prediction, Surprise, and the Visual Cortex
Why jump scares work at the neurological level — predictive processing, prediction error, and the science of cinematic tension.
From Brain Scans to Color Grading — Neuroscience Meets Post-Production
How neural responses to color inform AI-powered color grading tools for cinema.
Your Brain on Cinema — What Neuroscience Actually Reveals
From inter-subject correlation to mirror neurons — what brain imaging tells us about the film viewing experience.
Consciousness Between Cuts — How Your Mind Creates Cinema's Missing Frames
How consciousness fills temporal gaps in editing and constructs the cinematic experience from fragments.
Why Some Audiences See More Than Others
The vividness spectrum of mental imagery and its profound impact on emotional film experience.
