No, a visual puzzle isn’t just another fancy word for a jigsaw puzzle—though a jigsaw puzzle is a type of visual puzzle. The concept of visual puzzles is much broader than that. This guide will ...

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

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists led by Professor Maximilian Jösch at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has identified a ...

Animals possess specialized networks of neurons in the brain that receive signals about the outside world from the retina and respond by initiating appropriate behavior. Researchers at the Max Planck ...

Take a look at the image below... An ambiguous silhouette that the brain might categorize as a face or a hand. Source: Nicolas Davidenko Is it a face or a hand? Neither? A little of both? By using ...

UNC School of Medicine researchers used MRI to document crucial differences in the visual processing system in the brains of infants who went on to be diagnosed with autism. CHAPEL HILL, ...

Even mild head injuries can mean serious consequences for brain function at its most basic level. Research published in Communications Biology shows that neuroplasticity, too, has its limits. Injuries ...

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

Catheter ablation procedures involving transseptal puncture — typically used to treat atrial fibrillation — are often linked to migraine-like visual auras, though the underlying cause has been unclear ...

Brain circuits for vision develop without any kind of input from the retina in zebrafish. Animals possess specialized networks of neurons in the brain that receive signals about the outside world from ...