When your mind goes blank, visual stimuli never reaches awareness. Study mapped the unique brain patterns behind these mental ...

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes — think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke — is a behavior known as covert ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers ...

When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or buffalo wings and celery? It depends, of course, on whether you're making a hearty winter stew or ...

Blindness affects millions of people worldwide and severely limits their independence, daily functioning, and overall quality of life. In Spain, the prevalence of blindness is estimated at 0.17% , ...

When we are awake, we seem to experience a continuous stream of sensations, reflections, memories, and impressions that make ...

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 ...

Animals with more than one brain defy standard biology. From octopuses to leeches, discover 7 species with multiple brains or ...

While visual training will likely continue to be a productive part of treatment for people with hemianopia, the EPFL study ...