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

New research published in Neuropsychologia provides evidence that adults with dyslexia process visual information differently ...

Blindsight describes the phenomenon whereby individuals with damage to the primary visual cortex (V1) retain certain visually guided behaviours despite an absence of conscious visual perception. In ...

Research reveals why some images feel pleasing while others uncomfortable. The brain prefers visuals that cost less energy.

A schematic view of the main findings, adapting from a brain figure in the study. Our ability to store information about familiar objects depends on the connection between visual and language ...

Researchers at Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders (NERF), led by Prof. Vincent Bonin, have published two new studies uncovering how visual information is processed and distributed in the brain. The ...

People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this division may be even more true than people realize: The brain not only ...

A closed-loop cortical implant generates functional percepts of shape, motion, and letters in two individuals with acquired ...

The locus coeruleus (LC) is a small region of the brainstem that produces norepinephrine, a chemical with powerful effects on arousal and wakefulness which plays an important role in the body's ...

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 ...

A new study led by scientists at the Perception Dynamics Institute and the University of California San Diego demonstrates ...