Brain tricks that make you see unexpected things.

Your brain might have a hidden neural layer that puts you in touch with the same “figures” during altered states of ...

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

Exercise doesn’t just challenge the body; it challenges how the brain interprets effort. Scientists discovered that vibrating tendons before cycling allowed people to push harder without feeling like ...

Top members of the team behind Apple Inc. ‘s Face ID are launching a startup to develop technology to help robots see better and move more safely in the world around them. The company, Lyte, emerged ...

Questioning your doubts about achieving your New Year’s goals, instead of remaining optimistic, could be a better strategy for achieving them, psychologists suggest in a new study. Until now, studies ...

Have you ever regretted an impulsive purchase? Do you sometimes spend too much on a whim? Does your credit card bill surprise you? You are not alone. Many people struggle with spending patterns and ...

Researchers uncovered an unexpected form of neural resilience: after traumatic injury, surviving retinal cells in mice grow new branches that reestablish lost connections in the brain’s visual system, ...

The brain shows a capacity to recover from traumatic injury, which somewhat contradicts the widely accepted idea that neurons do not regenerate. So how is recovery possible? In a new JNeurosci paper, ...

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A new imaging technique called ComSLI reveals hidden fiber orientations in ...

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% , ...