When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers ...

It was once believed that mice had relatively poor vision. Turns out mice are far from blind – and studying how their vision ...

New research reveals that numbers in our visual field can subtly distort how we judge spatial positions, showing that perception is shaped by both numerical magnitude and object-based processing.

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes—think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke—is a ...

When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or buffalo wings and celery? It depends, of course, on whether you're making a hearty winter stew or ...

A study of mice starts to unravel how the brain gets tricked by this kind of optical illusion, and it gives clues about how visual perception works. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The 1950s were a relatively rudimentary era for experimental neurophysiology. Recording the electrical activity of neurons wasn’t uncommon, but the methods often demanded considerable patience and ...

When we are awake, we seem to experience a continuous stream of sensations, reflections, memories, and impressions that make ...

New research published in Neuropsychologia provides evidence that adults with dyslexia process visual information differently than typical readers, even when viewing non-text objects. The findings ...

Talking while driving slows eye movement and visual focus. New research shows even simple conversation can delay noticing danger on the road.