Millions of Americans listen to Ira Glass, host of the National Public Radio program “This American Life,” as he tells the stories of people’s experiences. Far fewer have seen Glass work with two ...

Scientists find vision slightly lags behind eye movement, revealing how the brain predicts motion to keep the world stable.

Recent investigations in vision science have revealed that eye movements play an active role beyond the mere stabilization of retinal images. Instead of serving a passive function, subtle ocular ...

Trying to finish your homework while the big game is on TV? "Visual-movement" neurons in the front of your brain can help you stay focused, according to a new study from neuroscientists in the ...

Saccadic eye movements are rapid, ballistic shifts in gaze that allow the fovea to sample different parts of a visual scene, facilitating high-resolution perception. Research in this area has revealed ...

Explore artists’ expressions of movement and relationships with power. Explore artists’ expressions of movement and relationships with power. Karen Peterson and Dancers is a company dedicated to ...

Visual acuity--the ability to discern letters, numbers, and objects from a distance--is essential for many tasks, from recognizing a friend across a room to driving a car. Researchers previously ...

During sleep, one type of electrical oscillation in the brain called PGO waves (Ponto-Geniculate-Occipital) are thought to activate the visual cortex and serve as a visual dream generator during REM ...