Researchers shot lasers into brain cells and triggered illusions on demand—a breakthrough that’s rewriting how we see the ...

Whether we’re staring at our phones, the page of a book, or the person across the table, the objects of our focus never stand in isolation; there are always other objects or people in our field of ...

Why does the brain split visual spatial perception between its hemispheres? A new review by neuroscientists examines the advantages and trade-offs, and how the brain ultimately makes vision feel ...

In a massive scientific effort, hundreds of researchers have helped to map the connections between hundreds of thousands of neurons in the mouse brain and then overlayed their firing patterns in ...

Coloring requires cognitive skills like spatial awareness, concentration, focus, hand-eye coordination, working memory, and visual perception. Switching to your nondominant hand for tasks is a quick ...

A team of scientists has identified areas of the brain that are activated when a person becomes aware of themself and their thoughts. This enigmatic process appears to be controlled by the thalamus, a ...

Timothy Vickery, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware. The cognitive neuroscientist is primarily interested in visual ...

Horses are beautiful, but—hippos are ugly. Why? Why does the human mind see beauty in some images and ugliness in others? Is the perception of beauty intrinsic to how the brain processes visual ...