Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development ...

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.

To study how a key chemical neuromodulator affects signaling in the brain's cortex, Garrett Neske, PhD, has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Whitehall Foundation, a nonprofit ...

Consciousness has long resisted neat explanations, but a growing body of research suggests the problem may lie in how we ...

Each year, thousands of stroke survivors are left with hemianopia, a condition that causes loss of half of their visual field (the “vertical midline”). Hemianopia severely affects daily activities ...

Test your brain with this optical illusion to see if you are sharp enough to find the hidden numbers in the given time limit.

Optical illusions are like mini brain tests that are designed to challenge your perception, observation, and visual ...