Blindness profoundly affects people's lives. Around the world, several laboratories, including the Biomedical ...

The brain does not need its sophisticated cortex to interpret the visual world. A new study published in PLOS Biology ...

New research shows that the superior colliculus, a primitive brain region, can independently interpret visual information.

A new discovery has unraveled why we sometimes see colors that aren't there. The phenomenon of "color afterimages" is when ...

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 ...

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

Sounds can alter the way the brain interprets what it sees. This is the key finding of a new study by SISSA researchers in ...

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 you look at clouds, tree bark, or the front of a car, do you sometimes see a face staring back at you? That's "face ...

New study combines a novel approach using patterned optogenetics with electrophysiology, circuit mapping, and computational ...