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 ...

A longstanding principle of neuroscience is that the brain processes visual stimuli from each side of the visual field in the opposite hemisphere: stimuli from the right side are processed in the left ...

A small team of brain researchers at South China Normal University, working with a colleague from the University of New South Wales, has found that the visual processing parts of the brain light up in ...

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 ...

The right hemisphere is the part of the brain responsible for imagination, visualisation, perceptual or spatial skills, creativity, intuition, inventiveness. The R-mode is "curvy, flexible, more ...

A brain stimulation device, which is being developed into a portable version that can be used in homes, boosted visual learning abilities in people left partially blind by a stroke or traumatic brain ...

In a recent publication, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience challenge the assumptions surrounding the ...

Can your eyes be smart? This might seem like a silly question. After all, your eyes don’t have their own intelligence. They depend on your brain to untangle and figure out the solution to a problem ...